<p>Despite showing up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a> skipped a deposition with congressional investigators, likely paving the way to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-issue-contempt-warning-to-hunter-biden-over-subpoena" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contempt of Congress</a> proceedings that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Republicans</a> have been threatening if he did not comply with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/subpoena" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoena</a>.</p>
<p>Addressing reporters outside the U.S. Capitol Building, Biden dared Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) to allow him to appear for a public hearing instead to answer &#8220;legitimate&#8221; questions. &#8220;What are they afraid of? I&#8217;m here. I&#8217;m ready,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Because Biden&#8217;s lawyer had already made this offer multiple times, Comer has previously stated that he would only be satisfied with Biden appearing for a deposition. But the chairman has indicated that he would be open to having Biden appear for a public hearing — after the closed-door interview.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hunter Biden: &quot;Let me state as clearly as I can; my father was not financially involved in my business…I am here to testify at a public hearing today to answer any of the Committee&#39;s legitimate questions.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/DHsTvtQCgm">pic.twitter.com/DHsTvtQCgm</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1734958703030182117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Inside the Capitol, Comer <a href="https://twitter.com/NEWSMAX/status/1734959111064748360" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> House Republicans have been conducting a &#8220;serious, credible, transparent investigation&#8221; since the beginning, emphasizing that they expect Biden to appear for a deposition. His colleague, Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), said lawmakers &#8220;will move in that direction&#8221; when asked if they would proceed to <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1734959849392288088" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contempt of Congress</a> proceedings, adding that their lawyers need to examine the issue and a report would have to be filed.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: James Comer and Jim Jordan react to Hunter Biden&#39;s decision to skip today&#39;s closed-door deposition. <a href="https://t.co/ygWKlNsRYK">pic.twitter.com/ygWKlNsRYK</a></p>
<p>&mdash; NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) <a href="https://twitter.com/NEWSMAX/status/1734959111064748360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Democrats voiced support for Biden&#8217;s gambit. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the ranking member of the oversight panel, said a closed deposition would have meant &#8220;the public couldn&#8217;t see it&#8221; and allow Republicans to &#8220;cherry-pick&#8221; evidence and &#8220;distort&#8221; statements made during the interview.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepRaskin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepRaskin</a>: &quot;We are disappointed that we were not able to hear from Hunter Biden today&#8230;President Biden has done nothing wrong. They have not laid a glove on President Biden and they have no evidence of him committing any offense, much less an impeachable offense.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/XMd0FZfwdJ">pic.twitter.com/XMd0FZfwdJ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1734963575221841942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Comer issued the subpoena as part of the corruption-focused <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> inquiry into Biden&#8217;s father, President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>. Other subpoenas and interview requests have been sent out in recent weeks, including to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-subpoenas-hunter-biden-presidents-brother-and-ex-business-associate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">president&#8217;s brother, James Biden</a>, as well as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-issue-subpoenas-over-hunter-biden-art-sales" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden&#8217;s art dealer</a> and business associates.</p>
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<p>During his press conference, the younger Biden <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1734948300485243130" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> that his father was &#8220;financially involved&#8221; in his business affairs, including in dealings abroad with people from China and Ukraine, as well as his investments domestically and work as an artist.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m here today to make sure the House committee&#8217;s illegitimate investigations of my family do not proceed on distortions, manipulated evidence, and lies,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;And I&#8217;m here today to acknowledge I have made mistakes in my life and wasted opportunities and privileges I was afforded. For that I am responsible. For that I am accountable. And for that, I am making amends.&#8221;</p>
<p>He also shot back at &#8220;the MAGA Right&#8221; for how they have portrayed him &#8220;for their political purposes&#8221; over the past several years, including his struggle with drug addiction, to go after his father.</p>
<p>Three panels — the Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means Committees — have led the impeachment probe since mid-September, when then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-announces-formal-impeachment-inquiry-against-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the endeavor. Congressional investigators have been <a href="https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1701715899248726504" target="_blank" rel="noopener">looking into</a> whether the business practices of Biden&#8217;s family members fostered corruption in government — spurred by a money trail showing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-releases-memo-alleging-hunter-biden-received-millions-from-oligarchs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">millions of dollars</a> from foreign countries — as well as the Department of Justice&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-shares-key-takeaway-from-hunter-biden-prosecutors-testimony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handling</a> of a criminal probe into Hunter Biden.</p>
<p>The GOP-led House is expected to vote on formally authorizing the impeachment inquiry later in the day. Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) has described the step as necessary to combat <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-vote-formalize-biden-impeachment-inquiry-week-johnson/story?id=105391611" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alleged &#8220;stonewalling&#8221;</a> by the White House. The elder Biden and his allies have denied wrongdoing by the president and claim the impeachment probe is tainted by politics.</p>

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