'NO BALLS': HUNTER BIDEN FLEES OVERSIGHT HEARING
Sometimes, you have to wonder if Republicans are actually trying to run oversight of the U.S. government and its cold-blooded cronies — you know, like, work for the American people for once and hold Democrats and unelected bureaucrats accountable — or if they're more interested in going viral on Fox News and fundraising off small-dollar donors so they can get reelected in about a year, save up for their dream second home in Aspen, or maybe a pool if they're in the NoVA suburbs, and retire with a nice, cushy think-tank-cum-lobbying sinecure.
But we digress...
On Wednesday, Hunter, his lawyer, Abbe Lowell, and his Hollywood pal, entertainment lawyer Kevin Morris, dropped into a House Oversight Committee's markup hearing on holding the first son in contempt for defying a congressional subpoena.
A few minutes after Hunter arrived, GOP South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace seized the opportunity to score some face time and lambasted the first son as Democrat Jamie Raskin tried to rein her in.
"My first question is who bribed Hunter Biden to be here today? That's my first question. Second question, you are the epitome of white privilege. Coming into the Oversight Committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed. What are you afraid of? You have no balls," Mace said.
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stole the show a few minutes later when she too ripped Hunter over his past behavior and criminal charges.
Mid-MTG rant, Hunter and his cadre stormed out of the hearing room. As they walked through the Capitol, reporters hounded them, and one Fox Business correspondent managed to elicit an unprompted answer from Hunter, who rarely, if ever, addresses reporters directly unless delivering prepared remarks. In response, Hunter seemingly gave an excuse for why, on numerous occasions, he put Joe on speakerphone while surrounded by foreign business associates.
"Mr. Biden, why did you put your dad on speakerphone if he had nothing to do with your business?" Vaughn asked. "You put him on speakerphone multiple times and talked to your business partners, why did you do that?"
"You have a dad?" Biden asked. "Does he call you?
"Yes," Vaughn said.
"Does he answer the phone?" the president's son continued.
"Yes," she answered.
"Okay," Biden said.
The following day, Hunter Biden appeared in Court in California for his arraignment on nine tax related charges including three felonies. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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