Hunter Biden’s surprise appearance at a congressional hearing to consider whether to hold him in contempt sent the proceeding into pandemonium.
After Biden was a no-show at a closed-door deposition he was subpoenaed to attend last month as part of an impeachment inquiry House Republicans launched against his father, lawmakers were prepared to hold the younger Biden in contempt of Congress.
However, his unexpected arrival at the hearing was the highlight of the proceeding and drew the wrath and verbal contempt of several Republican legislators in attendance.
“You’re the epitome of white privilege, coming into the Oversight Committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed,” South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace said to Biden. “What are you afraid of?
Mace argued that Hunter Biden should be arrested on the spot and sent straight to jail. In response, Democratic Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz suggested the committee “hold a vote” immediately to hear Biden speak and asked for a show of hands from the room. Reportedly, only Democrats raised their hands.
Republican Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona chimed in to call for order as panel members began a heated exchange over Biden’s presence.
“Are we going to continue on with this blatant interruption? This is absurd and inappropriate … I think you should have decorum and courtesy and don’t act like a bunch of nimrods,” Biggs said.
Biden, accompanied by his lawyer Abbe Lowell and friend Kevin Ross, suddenly left the proceeding just as Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Greene Taylor was called on to speak.
“Excuse me, Hunter, apparently you’re afraid of my words,” Greene said. “I think it’s clear and obvious for everyone watching this hearing today that Hunter Biden is terrified of strong, conservative, Republican women,” adding that Biden is a “coward.”
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