Hunter Biden calls reporter ‘dangerous’ for asking why he put dad Joe on speakerphone over 20 times with his business pals after he stormed out of a House hearing.
The president’s son sparked chaos in Congress on Wednesday by making a shock appearance to face Republicans threatening to hold him in contempt.
Only 17 minutes later, he got up and walked out as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene started to question him over his business deals and the ongoing impeachment probe into his father Joe.
Hunter skirted around a flurry of questions by reporters who swarmed him in the hallway after he left the hearing – including allegations that he put his then-VP father Joe on the phone with his foreign business clients on at least 20 occasions.
‘Why did you put your dad on speakerphone if he had nothing to do with your business? You put him on speaker multiple times to talk to your business partners, why did you do that?’ asked Fox Business’ Hillary Vaughn.
‘Do you have a dad? Does he call you?’ Hunter retorted. ‘Do you answer the phone?’
‘Yes,’ replied Vaughn, but ‘why did you need to talk to him during business meetings if he had nothing to do with your business?’ she pressed one more time.
‘You’re dangerous. You’re very dangerous,’ Hunter responded and continued walking.
Hunter Biden hit back at reporter Hillary Vaughn asking if he put dad Joe on speakerphone over 20 times with his business pals after he stormed out of a House hearing
Fox Business’ Hillary Vaughn is married to Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy. His father, Steve Doocy is a host of Fox & Friends
‘What kind of crack do you normally smoke Mr. Biden?’ screamed another reporter in the background as the president’s son headed out the door of the house office building.
Hunter walked into the Oversight Committee hearing room earlier Wednesday with his attorneys Abbe Lowell and Kevin Morris and sat down in the first row, taking in the chaos that then unfolded in front of him as lawmakers grappled with the remarkable turn of events.
The top Democrat on the committee Jamie Raskin appeared to be aware that the president’s son was going to disturb proceedings with his shock entry.
‘Who bribed Hunter Biden to be here today?’ asked Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. ‘You are the epitome of white privilege coming into the Oversight Committee spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed.’
‘You have no b***s to come up here,’ she spewed. ‘I think Hunter Biden should be arrested right here and right now,’ Mace continued. ‘I’m looking at you!’
‘I think he should be hauled off to jail right now,’ the fired up Republican congresswoman remarked.
Hunter then stormed out of the hearing room after Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., started speaking, less than 30 minutes into the hearing.
‘What a coward,’ she exclaimed.
Two top GOP-led committees are preparing to vote to hold Hunter in contempt of Congress after he defied a congressional subpoena for closed-door testimony.
Republicans say that his ‘obstruction’ of their impeachment investigation has forced them to take the president’s son to court to compel his cooperation – or he will face up to a year in jail.
Hunter Biden hit back at a reporter asking if he put dad Joe on speakerphone over 20 times with his business pals after he stormed out of a House hearing
Hillary Vaughn, reporter for Fox News. Her spouse is fellow FNC journalist Peter Doocy
Hillary Vaughn pressed Hunter Biden over his phone calls with his father Joe Biden
The president’s son sparked chaos in Congress on Wednesday by making a shock appearance to face Republicans threatening to hold him in contempt
Hunter left the hearing alongside his attorneys Kevin Morris and Abbe Lowell
Hunter skirted around a flurry of questions by reporters who swarmed him in the hallway after he left the hearing
Hunter defied a subpoena last month requiring him to sit for a closed-door deposition as part of the GOP impeachment investigation into whether President Joe Biden was connected to or profited from his son’s shady business deals.
Instead of showing up for his required testimony, Hunter appeared outside of the Capitol to deliver a dramatic tirade slamming ‘shameless’ Republicans, while saying he’d only testify in a public forum.
The powerful House Oversight and Judiciary Committees kicked off dual hearings at 10 a.m. ET today.
Both committees were expected to work through a series of amendments and then vote on authorizing contempt charges for the president’s son before the disturbance.
Hunter defied a subpoena last month requiring him to sit for a closed-door deposition as part of the GOP impeachment investigation into whether President Joe Biden was connected to or profited from his son’s shady business deals
In addition to 12 months jail time, Hunter could be ordered to pay a fine of up to $100,000 if convicted
The contempt articles will then go to the House Rules Committee and finally to the House floor for a full body vote, which is not expected to occur until early next week at the earliest.
If that gets cleared, Hunter’s case would be referred to the Biden-led Department of Justice for prosecution, which is unlikely. In addition to 12 months jail time, Hunter could be ordered to pay a fine of up to $100,000 if convicted.
Lawmakers released the text of the contempt resolution Monday.
They wrote that Hunter’s testimony is a ‘critical component’ of their impeachment inquiry into whether then-Vice President Joe ‘abused his office’ by engaging in ‘schemes’ with foreigners to enrich himself or his family.
Hunter’s ‘flagrant defiance’ of the subpoenas is ‘contemptuous’ and he must be ‘held accountable for his unlawful actions,’ the resolution continues – calling his actions a ‘criminal act.’
Top Democrat on the Oversight Committee Jamie Raskin said Monday that there is ‘no precedent’ for the House to hold ‘a private citizen in contempt of Congress who has offered to testify in public, under oath, and on a day of the Committee’s choosing.’
He went on to accuse Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., of wanting to ‘keep up the carefully curated distortions, blatant lies, and laughable conspiracy theories that have marked this investigation.’
‘However, the facts and the evidence all show no wrongdoing and no impeachable offense by President Biden,’ the Democrat continued.
Two former Donald Trump aides Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon were held in contempt and ultimately prosecuted by Biden’s DOJ for defying January 6 Committee subpoenas.
Bannon is currently appealing his four-month prison sentence and Navarro is expected to be sentenced later this week, and could face up to one year behind bars.
They both said that executive privilege protected them from having to comply with the congressional committee’s demands.
Hunter Biden shockingly showed up Capitol Hill on the morning of his mandatory deposition to acknowledge ‘mistakes’ he made due to his crack cocaine addiction while blasting Republicans investigating him for ‘turning his ‘dad’s love into darkness’
Republicans had announced they would begin moving forward with contempt last week.
‘Hunter Biden blatantly defied two lawful subpoenas when he did not appear for his December deposition,’ House Oversight Committee Republicans wrote on X Friday.
‘Next week, we will consider a resolution and accompanying report to hold him in contempt of Congress for violating federal law,’ the lawmakers said on Friday.
Republicans said that his ‘obstruction’ of their investigation has forced them to take the president’s son to court to compel his cooperation – or he will face jail time.
GOP leadership held a vote to formalize their ongoing impeachment inquiry into Joe on December 13.
The 221-212 party-line vote opened the door for the GOP to get more evidence about schemes that have seen the Biden family get millions from countries including China, Ukraine and Romania.
And the Bidens will now have more of their bank records, mortgage details, emails, text messages and mobile phones subpoenaed, along with anything else Congress wants to see.
Hunter was subpoenaed by Republicans last month along with James Biden, the president’s brother, and Biden family associate Rob Walker. Attorneys for James have been in touch with the committee and they are working on scheduling a time for his closed-door testimony.
Hunter Biden made a shock appearance on Capitol Hill where he defiantly declared that his father is innocent of corruption allegations and accused Republicans of being ‘shameless’ for trying to impeach him.
Hunter delivered an emotional public statement in which he tore into the ‘unrelenting Trump attack machine’ and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for showing naked photos of him in Congress.
Hunter admitted making ‘mistakes’ in his life due to his crack cocaine addiction but went on to blast Republicans investigating him and accused them of ‘turning my dad’s love into darkness.’
The first son also said his father was ‘not financially involved’ in his controversial business dealings and that there was no evidence because it ‘did not happen.’
Comer and Jordan questioned what Hunter meant when that his father was not ‘financially’ involved in his dealings.
‘Exactly how was Joe Biden involved?’ they questioned in the statement. ‘Evidence shows Joe Biden met with Hunter’s business associates and his name was at the center of the family business strategy.’
Republicans began the process of holding Hunter Biden in Contempt of Congress after he didn’t show up for his impeachment probe deposition
Hunter said on December 13: ‘I am here today to acknowledge I have made mistakes in my life. I’m also here today to correct how the MAGA right has portrayed me for political purposes.
‘In the depths of my addiction I was extremely irresponsible with my finances,’ he admitted.
‘But to suggest that is grounds for an impeachment inquiry is beyond the absurd.’
Hunter spoke outside of the Senate side of the Capitol hours before a planned Republican vote to formalize the ongoing impeachment inquiry into his father.
He said: ‘It’s shameless. There is no evidence to support the allegations that my father was financially involved in my business because it did not happen.’
Hunter Biden arrived on the Senate side of the Capitol on Wednesday morning with his attorney Abbe Lowell
Later, after Hunter skipped the deposition, Comer said there were ‘mountains of evidence’ against him and he does not get to dictate the terms of his subpoena.
‘We expect to depose the president’s son, and then we would be happy to have an open hearing,’ Comer said.
‘I don’t know anyone in more trouble than Hunter Biden and he just got in more trouble today.’
Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan said that ‘we’re here to get the facts’ and in his long experience of conducting investigations, that is done behind closed-doors first.
Comer has presented a case to his fellow Republicans which he says tracks over 20 shell companies set up by Biden family members to funnel in over $25 million in foreign cash – cashing in on the family name while Joe was the sitting vice president.
Hunter refuted those accusations in his statement, including those relating to Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company where he sat on the board.
He said: ‘Let me state as clearly as I can, my father was not financially involved in my business, not as a practicing lawyer, not as a board member of Burisma, not in my partnership with the Chinese private businessman, not in my investments at home and abroad and certainly not as an artist.
‘During my battle with addiction my parents were there for me. They literally saved my life.
‘They helped me in ways that I will never be able to repay, and of course, they would never expect me to.’
Hunter Biden speaks on Capitol Hill
The first son delivers his statement
He went on to slam the Republicans investigating his finances and who are attempting to tie his business dealings to Joe.
‘For six years MAGA Republicans, including members of the house committees who are in a closed-door session right now, have impugned my character, invaded my privacy, attacked my wife, my children, my family and my friends,’ Hunter continued in his short address in front of the Capitol.
‘They have ridiculed my struggle with addiction, they have belittled my recovery and they have tried to dehumanize me, all to embarrass and damage my father who has devoted his entire public life to service.’
Hunter Biden spent a staggering $872K on prostitutes, porn and sex club memberships and took $1.6 M from ATMs
He named the three investigating Republicans – Comer, Jordan and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith.
They ‘distorted the facts by cherry-picking lines from a bank statement, manipulating texts I sent, editing the testimony of my friends and former business partners, and misstating personal information that was stolen from me.
‘There is no fairness or decency in what these Republicans are doing. They have lied over and over,’ the president’s son said.
The 53-year-old was charged with evading $1.4 million in taxes early last month.
Comer and Jordan have said Hunter has ‘no choice’ but to comply after they issued him a subpoena compelling him to appear for a private deposition.
‘If Mr. Biden does not appear for his deposition on Dec. 13, 2023, the committees will initiate contempt of Congress proceedings,’ they said.
Hunter’s lawyer Abbe Lowell has insisted the deposition should be out in the open, claiming Republicans have ‘demonstrated time and again it uses closed-door sessions to manipulate, even distort, the facts and misinform the American public’.
Even the moderate and Biden district Republicans were onboard with authorizing the inquiry – and insisted it does not put them in a bind of being obligated to hold a vote on impeaching the president further down the line.
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer slammed Hunter Biden for not testifying
‘With anything with due process, there’s there’s a chance for all outcomes to occur,’ Rep. John Garcia, R-Calif., who represents a district Biden won in 2020, told DailyMail.com.
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy had declared the inquiry open in October, but now Republicans say they needed a vote to fully green-light the probe due to White House ‘stonewalling.’
Speaker Mike Johnson insisted they were not under any obligation to push through with impeaching the president just by opening an inquiry.
‘We’re not going to prejudge the outcome of this,’ he told reporters. ‘It’s not a political calculation. We’re following the law.’