The committee did not vote to hold the younger Biden in contempt of Congress, postponing the vote for a later time.

The committee continued without the unscheduled star witness in a hearing that devolved into lengthy disagreements between members over everything from the rules of procedure to personal bickering. In a separate statement, Lowell accused Republicans of targeting his client as a surrogate for attacking the president. Greene previously displayed nude photos of the president's son in a hearing and responded to his departure by calling him a 'coward.īiden's attorney Abbe Lowell spoke with reporters in the halls of the House office building saying Biden was not evading Congress, but that 'Hunter chose a hearing where Republicans could not distort, manipulate or misuse that testimony.' Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia was given time to speak. Hunter Biden sat in with his lawyer observing the hearing and disrupted the legislative process not by speaking to the committee but walking out of the hearing room just as Rep. Mace said a President's son has no immunity or privilege keeping him from testifying in private saying he was, 'the epitome of white privilege coming in to the oversight committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed.' 'My first question is, who bribed Hunter Biden to be here today? That's my first question.' Mace questioned why the eldest son of the first family showed up. The younger Biden and his attorneys cited concerns that Republicans would distort his comments and offered instead to appear at a public hearing.

Hunter Biden refused last month to testify in a closed-door setting, despite a subpoena for him to appear.

The 72-year-old, who is vaccinated and has received boosters, will stay at. Sitting in the audience, not appearing for a private deposition, spurred Republican House members like Congresswoman Nancy Mace from South Carolina to call his appearance a 'PR stunt.' US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday and was experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden surprised members of the House Oversight Committee Wednesday when he made an unannounced appearance at a hearing on a resolution to hold him in contempt of Congress for refusing to appear before the same committee.

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