House GOP Recommends Hunter Biden Be Held in Contempt of Congress

House Republicans filed a resolution Monday requesting that Hunter Biden be held in contempt of Congress for defying a “critical” deposition request related to the GOP’s impeachment inquiry into his father, President Joe Biden.

The resolution, penned by Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) of the Judiciary and Oversight committees, claimed the younger Biden showed “flagrant defiance” when he skipped the committee’s deposition request to instead read a statement calling them liars.

On Dec. 13, the day he was ordered to be deposed, Biden hosted reporters outside the Capitol building and read a prepared statement rather than meet with the committee.

“Mr. Biden’s flagrant defiance of the Committees’ deposition subpoenas—while choosing to appear nearby on the Capitol grounds to read a prepared statement on the same matters—is contemptuous, and he must be held accountable for his unlawful actions,” the resolution said.