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First son Hunter Biden made a big announcement about his future should former President Donald Trump manage to defeat his father, President Joe Biden, next year.
According to several sources close to Hunter, Politico reported, he is considering leaving the country should Trump win, likely because he believes Trump would use the power of the federal government to go after him, much like Trump’s supporters believe Joe Biden is doing to target his leading political opponent.
Politico added: The younger Biden is facing new criminal charges and could soon be held in contempt of Congress after refusing to testify in a Republican-led hearing meant to impugn the reputations of both him and his father. Those closest to the president have grown more worried about the personal toll it is taking on the older man.
Former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), a long-time friend of Joe Biden from their days in the Senate, went on to claim that the father is “worried” about his son’s legal quagmire.
The new charges also come as Republicans inch closer to formal impeachment articles against the president after finding what they say is evidence supporting charges of bribery, illicitly acting as an unregistered foreign agent, and accepting tens of millions using shell bank accounts from foreign sources in China, Ukraine, and Russia.
Jim Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, claimed on Thursday that a recent statement by Hunter Biden sheds a different light on the House’s investigation into the president and his son. Jordan pointed out that the younger Biden clarified that his father was not “financially involved.”
In an interview with Fox News legacy host Sean Hannity, Jordan noted how the first family’s stories have changed throughout Republican-led corruption investigations ahead of a formal vote to launch an impeachment inquiry.
“We will do a report and mark it up, pass it through the committee, and it will go to the full House,” Jordan said of the next step after Hunter refused to honor the subpoena.
“The big takeaways today were number one, every single Republican voted to move forward with the impeachment inquiry and continue our oversight responsibility. Every single one. We can’t get all Republicans, but a majority of the House is on record in support of the investigation that we have been doing,” he said.
“Second is what you said in the opening line. Joe Biden went from no involvement to he participated in dinners and meetings and phone calls, but they were just talking about the weather,” Jordan continued. “Today, Hunter Biden said my father had no financial involvement. That qualifier is huge. No financial involvement in the business. What a change.
“We would love to have Hunter Biden under oath the way these investigations are supposed to work. The first question is who is the big guy? Who is the big guy, Mr. Biden?” Jordan asked. “The confidential source that it’s Joe Biden. Your partner said it is Joe Biden who is the big guy. What was on the call you made from Dubai at the request of Burisma to get help from D.C.?”
On Wednesday, Jordan responded to Hunter Biden’s decision to defy a congressional subpoena to appear for closed-door testimony before two committees.
“We’re disappointed he didn’t show up. He was just across the way at the Capitol. You’d think he could have come to sit for questions.
“To do an open format now, you’ll get filibusters, speeches, all kinds of things. What we want is the facts. The way you get the facts in every single investigation I’ve been involved in is you bring people in for an interview behind closed doors where you can get those facts. Then as the chairman said, we would love for him to come public,” Jordan continued.
“I would say this. Mr. Biden’s counsel and the White House have both argued the reason he couldn’t come for a deposition was because there wasn’t a formal vote for an impeachment inquiry. That will happen in a few hours. We think it will pass,” he continued.
