Hunter Biden’s ducked in and out of scandal.
But the walls are closing in.
And Jim Jordan dropped the hammer on Hunter Biden with one reality check.
As Black Eye Politics reports:
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) announced on Sunday that Hunter Biden is facing contempt of Congress proceedings which could result to spending up to a year in jail.
“Well, if we pass it [contempt of Congress] out of the committee and then pass it through the full House, which I think we can do, then it goes to the Justice Department. That will be the attorney general’s decision whether he’s going to press charges,” Jordan said speaking with Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures.”
“But if he does, I mean, it could be up to a year of jail time for failing to come and comply with a deposition for subpoena, a subpoenaed deposition to be interviewed by Congress. So this is serious stuff,” the chairman added.
Hunter Biden deliberately skipped a deposition with congressional investigators in December and chose to speak with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol Building instead.
While speaking with the press, Hunter Biden claimed his father was “not financially involved” in his overseas business dealings. Hunter claimed it “did not happen” despite the evidence.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Jim Jordan released a report on Monday recommending Hunter Biden be held in contempt of Congress for defying the subpoena.
“Accordingly, Mr. Biden has violated federal law, and must be held in contempt of Congress,” the report said in its executive summary.
“Mr. Biden’s testimony is a critical component of the impeachment inquiry into, among other things, whether Joseph R. Biden, Jr., as Vice President and/or President: (1) took any official action or effected any change in government policy because of money or other things of value provided to himself or his family; (2) abused his office of public trust by providing foreign interests with access to him and his office in exchange for payments to his family or him; or (3) abused his office of public trust by knowingly participating in a scheme to enrich himself or his family by giving foreign interests the impression that they would receive access to him and his office in exchange for payments to his family or him.”
If the resolutions to hold Hunter in contempt of Congress passes in the committees, they will be voted on by the House next. Once it passes the House, a referral for criminal prosecution can be sent to the U.S. Department of Justice.