Did Joe Biden counsel his son to defy a congressional subpoena? The House Oversight and Judiciary Committee chairs want to know as part of their impeachment inquiry because if the president colluded with Hunter Biden over the latter’s refusal to appear for questioning, Joe Biden committed the crime of obstruction of justice. Yet, ironically, it is Donald Trump charged with criminal obstruction of justice even though the former president did nothing to keep evidence or witnesses from Congress.
Last Wednesday, Rep. James Comer, the chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, and Rep. Jim Jordan, the Judiciary Committee Chair, dispatched a letter to the White House counsel concerning the president’s apparent communications with his son regarding Hunter’s decision to defy a congressional subpoena. As the letter detailed, the House had subpoenaed Hunter Biden to appear for a Dec. 13, 2023, deposition as part of its impeachment inquiry. However, rather than appear for his deposition, Hunter Biden instead held a lengthy press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 13.
Later that day, when asked whether the president had watched Hunter’s performance, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Biden was “certainly familiar with what his son was going to say.” As the House’s letter noted, “Ms. Jean-Pierre’s statement suggests that the President had some amount of advanced knowledge that Mr. Biden would choose to defy two congressional subpoenas.”
“In light of Ms. Jean-Pierre’s statement,” the letter continued, “we are compelled to examine the involvement of the President
