And suddenly. The Hill ran an evolving story yesterday headlined, “
Comer, Jordan say House contempt resolution stands, despite Hunter Biden’s deposition reversal.”
After last week’s widely-publicized hearings voting to hold him in contempt for defying
two Congressional subpoenas, Hunter’s lawyers suddenly and unexpectedly “reversed course” yesterday, and politely asked House Republicans for a
third subpoena, saying
this time Hunter will follow the rules and sit for a non-public deposition.
Why the shift? Hunter’s deposition antics have manufactured a thorny political problem. Republicans’ Hunter Narrative is about
double standards of justice. If the House holds Hunter in contempt, and the DOJ refuses to do anything about it, it would pour high-octane gasoline into the Hunter Narrative tank. Either the DOJ would be forced to make an example of Hunter, or Grandma Garland would make Hunter even more of a poster-boy for “two tiers of justice” than he already is.
On the other hand, if the House doesn’t hold Hunter in contempt, because of democrat votes plus a couple squishy Republicans, it would
also reinforce the Hunter Narrative. Reinforcing that narrative might be a better political result for Republicans than would even be Hunter’s deposition.
Liberal partisans don’t care, but sane people realize that if
they ignored Congressional subpoenas, they’d end up buried deeper under the jail than a January 6th Capitol tourist. So there’s no good way forward.
That’s why Team Biden is now trying to play a ‘get out of jail free’ card marked,
what’s the big deal? He’s always been willing to testify. Good luck.
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