This whole fiasco is a disgrace to the rule of law. Hunter is a private citizen, he is not and has never been an elected official. Somehow his legal cases are going through congress, which is reserved for investigating crimes of elected officials. This is not supposed to be allowed, congress does not have the authority to hold court for private citizens. They're not gonna have the authority when they try subpoena'ing his documents related to his cases
Not only that.
But their primary witness and source of information in all this, was a Russian operative, and these people were warned in 2020 by our own intelligence operatives that the information they were getting from him was sketchy at best and stunk of Russian operations.
And even now, their star witness and the very foundational block they have built all this on has been arrested, has fully outright admitted the lies and that he was spreading lies on Russian orders, and Republicans are still like "Just because the core of our case is gone doesnt mean the core of our case is gone!"
Because its not about rule of law. Its not about whats right. Its not about investigations. Its not about these imaginary payments
Its about twisting the mechanisms of government into a Republican political campaign to hurt Biden to the benefit of Trump. Its about slinging shit at the wall 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to see what sticks, and to flood the airwaves and news media with a torrent of bullshit in the hopes that just a tiny fraction of it will stick in someones head and influence their vote away from Democracy.
It’s already been downplayed as him only having a very minor role in whole thing.
He's not the one being charged though, he's been subpoenaed as a witness. The president is the person that's being investigated.
Its been nothing but investigating Hunter.
And showing off his dick pics.
I think that's a good trial strategy.
And then demand the evidence as, it seems, they ran out.
I've lost track, did he finally get them to make the testimony open or whatever
It doesn't look like it. The NYT says it is a closed deposition. It looks like he made the decision to give the closed testimony the Republicans wanted. Although maybe he thinks that after their main informant was exposed as a Russian stooge, he can better control the narrative.
I bet he prepared this statement, and then released it himself right as he was giving his testimony, to make sure Republicans couldn't hide it.
You could... read the article.
Republicans launched contempt of Congress proceedings against Hunter Biden as a result of his defiance, advancing the resolution in January. Hunter Biden’s team, however, acquiesced before the full House voted on the measure, saying he would sit for a closed-door deposition if Republicans reissued their subpoena — which they did.
Why would he. It is clearly a trap. It needs to performed by the judiciary branch and open to the public or it should hold no grounds
Because his lawyer got an agreement that there would be no recordings and the transcript would be released instantly.
This is so irrelevant, who CARES
I thought it's about making one person president and not a whole family
They care because they want it to look like both sides are just pulling political stunts with impeachment. Trump was impeached twice and that looks pretty bad. Unless you can play a game that turns impeachment into a "move" that "everyone does now."
Behold, our great American Institutions, smeared in red and white makeup, fastened to oversized shoes, and completed with a honking nose.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Hunter Biden testified on Wednesday that he “did not involve” his father, President Biden, in his business dealings, delivering the message at the beginning of his highly anticipated deposition as part of the GOP’s impeachment inquiry into the president.
“I am here today to provide the Committees with the one uncontestable fact that should end the false premise of this inquiry: I did not involve my father in my business.
Not while I was a practicing lawyer, not in my investments or transactions domestic or international, not as a board member, and not as an artist.
Never,” Biden said during his opening statement.
The original article contains 104 words, the summary contains 103 words. Saved 1%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
One word? Does the Summary text get included in the word count?
LOL.. the word the bot skipped (at time of writing) was the “DEVELOPING.” at the bottom of the article.
Then again calling a paragraph you can read without scrolling an article is a bit generous.
I see where you’re coming from, but the first definition of “article” I found was “a non-fiction piece of writing, such as an entry in a newspaper”. So “article” is technically correct here, the best kind of correct.
Member when they said that his laptop was Russian disinformation?
FBI: *confiscates Hunter's laptop.
Republicans: Where is the laptop?
FBI: I don't know what laptop means.
I didn't know anyone was dumb enough to still believe that laptop story.
I can find at least 10 in New Balance at the Home Depot
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