Tag: Comer, James R

Republicans Insist on Deposing Hunter Biden, Saying Public Hearing Must Wait

House Republicans on Friday demanded that Hunter Biden, the president’s son, sit for a closed-door deposition in their impeachment inquiry into his father, rejecting his request to testify only in public and suggesting he could face punishment if he did not agree to their terms. In a letter, Representatives James R. Comer of Kentucky, chairman […]

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Hunter Biden Offers to Testify in House Inquiry, but Only in Public

Hunter Biden, the president’s son, who is the subject of an investigation by House Republicans into his family, told Congress on Tuesday that he was willing to testify — but only publicly so that Republicans cannot twist or selectively leak what he says. In a letter to Congress, Abbe D. Lowell, Mr. Biden’s lawyer, criticized […]

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White House Condemns G.O.P. Demands in Impeachment Inquiry

The White House on Friday condemned House Republicans’ wide-ranging impeachment inquiry into President Biden, saying that there was no legitimacy to the investigation and that recent subpoenas and demands for congressional testimony from the former White House counsel, White House aides and Biden family members were “irresponsible.” “You appear so determined to impeach the president […]

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House Republicans Subpoena Biden’s Son and Brother in Impeachment Inquiry

House Republicans on Wednesday issued subpoenas demanding testimony from Hunter and James Biden, the president’s son and brother, as they hunt for evidence to try to build an impeachment case against him. Representative James R. Comer, Republican of Kentucky and the chairman of the Oversight Committee, authorized the subpoenas of President Biden’s family members as […]

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First Impeachment Hearing Yields No New Information on Biden

The first hearing in House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Biden featured their star witnesses testifying that they lacked proof that he committed impeachable offenses, multiple procedural skirmishes the G.O.P. majority nearly lost and, at times, nearly a dozen empty Republican seats. What it did not include was any new information about Mr. Biden’s conduct […]

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G.O.P. Eyes Bribery and Abuse of Power Impeachment Charges for Biden

Top House Republicans are eyeing potential impeachment charges of bribery and abuse of power against President Biden, according to senior House officials familiar with their plans, as they push forward with an inquiry that seeks to tie him to his son’s foreign business dealings. Building up to the inquiry’s first hearing scheduled for Thursday, Republicans […]

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First Batch of Biden Emails Undercuts G.O.P. Claims

When House Republicans pressing to impeach President Biden discovered that the government had redacted emails in which he had used aliases to communicate while he was vice president, they demanded to see the full copies, alleging a cover-up of explosive evidence of wrongdoing. Even Democrats were alarmed about the content of the correspondence, Representative James […]

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