House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) explained during a Wednesday morning interview that even though conservatives want him to force first son Hunter Biden to provide testimony, it’s not going to be easy to get that done.
In an interview with Newsmax TV host Rob Finnerty, Comer explained that any subpoena that his committee would issue to compel Hunter’s testimony would no doubt be opposed in court, and it’s not certain how that would go.
Here’s a partial transcript of the segment, with a video at the end:
FINNERTY: You used to run a bank back in Kentucky, and there are over 150 suspicious activity reports, no one has been held accountable or explained what they are or why. When are you going to subpoena Hunter Biden and drag him up to Capitol Hill for questioning?
REP. JAMES COMER: Well, I think what I want to look at with Hunter Biden is his bank records. We see emails and text messages from the laptop where he complained to many people, including his daughter, that he had to give half his salary to his father. We have emails from Eric Sherwin who was their bookkeeper who would send Hunter an email saying, “Who’s going to pay for your dad’s new roof?”
FINNERTY: Congressman, why not subpoena [Hunter Biden] and have him testify on Capitol Hill, even if he doesn’t say anything? That’s going to be uncomfortable for the president to have his son testifying on the Hill.
COMER: Right. Well, when I announced the investigation early on, I said we’re going to follow the money. And Hunter Biden is more than welcome to come in front of the committee. If he wants to clear his good name, if he wants to come and say, you know, these weren’t 20 shell companies, they actually did something, he’s more than, he’s invited today.
FINNERTY: But he’s not going to volunteer to do that. We both know that. But if you subpoena him, he then has to.
COMER: Well, he can fight the subpoena in court. It’s very difficult. You know, I think if it were easy to get a president or their son in front of a House committee, the January 6 Committee probably would have done that with Donald Trump.
FINNERTY: Good point. Although son is different, everyone always says Hunter Biden is a private citizen. So it’s not like you’re you’re subpoenaing Joe Biden right now.
COMER: But what we found in the last few weeks is he was communicating back and forth with the government about Ukrainian policy, which is a huge problem for Joe Biden.
Look, I would say we will get to the point very soon where we subpoena Hunter Biden. But at this point right now, I just want the bank records because we’re following the money, and our concern is that Joe Biden was, in fact, benefiting from these schemes, from these illegal, corrupt activities of his son and brother.
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