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Hunter Biden’s legal team was at the center of news coverage this month after seemingly confirming the authenticity of his laptop in a letter (only trying to backtrack 24 hours later). For Biden and his attorney Abbe Lowell, he has called for criminal investigations against his critics, proposed lawsuits against the media, and even said some groups’ tax exempt status should be revoked by the IRS. When claimed, it was a strange and unfair move.
But now the team is heading in a much more volatile direction. They seem to have adopted Steve Bannon’s strategy, resulting in him being convicted of contempt of Congress. Lowell adamantly refused to submit any material to Congress this week, exposing his clients to possible subpoenas and indictments. It is the Republicans who are most excited about the first position in the
Lowell has declared an oversight investigation into alleged peddling of Biden family influence unlawful and has refused to produce records related to the investigation. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (Republican-Kentucky In a letter to the State), Lowell declared: “Sentence first, verdict afterword”
The move comes after news reports of a Democratic team forming around Hunter to attack potential witnesses and adopt a scorched-earth approach in the lawsuit. Hunter seems to have abandoned his previous upbringing of a tragic and besieged figure.
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In this latest issue, Lowell appears to be demonstrating the same strategy as Steve Bannon, who was eventually charged with and convicted of contempt. At the time, I said Bannon was calling for contempt charges, and Biden seems to be repeating this same downplayed strategy.
Lowell would have been far wiser to turn over some material to the Commission in good faith while he was trying to negotiate the scope of the investigation. give a rationale. Lowell’s idea that there is “no legislative purpose” in seeking information about a possible influence march by the Biden family that could involve the president himself is just plain wrong. Corruption scandals like this are part of congressional investigations, from the XYZ case to the Teapot Dome him scandal to the Trump family business interests probe.
Lowell left the door open for Comer to persuade him of a “legitimate legislative purpose” at the conference, but the letter went too far in its categorical refusal of the original demand. Comer is likely to hesitate about having to convince Hunter Biden of the “validity” of his investigation. Court upholds commission’s right to such evidence in financial and communications records There is a possibility. The Commission doesn’t necessarily get everything, but it may win on the question of the breaking point of rights to such evidence.
In Bannon’s case, Democrats spent little time seeking an insult order. Barely a week after Bannon missed his due date, the committee rejected the committee’s contempt sanctions, which were quickly approved throughout the House. As I said at the time, it was contempt for Congress. However, Republicans opposed sanctions for the same reasons currently used by Lowell and some Democrats.
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Lowell could rewrite the letter as he had written earlier on his laptop. He will lead the Board of Supervisors’ Foundation to move swiftly toward subpoenas and, ultimately, contemptuous sanctions if he maintains this position. expedite and shorten the possible calendar for contempt proceedings. To ensure that the Commission has much of this material should the matter be brought to court (as a criminal contempt matter or an enforcement matter, or both) You have plenty of time to win the case.
That puts Attorney General Merrick Garland in a tough spot. After years of the Justice Department largely ignoring disrespectful sanctions, Garland has moved aggressively to indict Trump figures like Bannon. It would add to concerns about the State Department’s political bias.
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The bill has a deadline for peddling suspected of Biden’s influence. Democrats and pundits argue that no crime has actually occurred in such corruption, but it is clearly a problem for Congress to investigate. would also argue that the allegations of corruption and foreign influence surrounding the president and his family cannot be pursued.
It’s a battle Republicans should enjoy, and Hunter Biden has made it that much easier.
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