Motion to subpoena Hunter Biden to testify before Congress blocked by Democrats

Democrats on the Home Oversight and Reform Committee denied a movement from Republicans on Tuesday to subpoena Hunter Biden as a witness on its listening to about electrifying the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) fleet of autos.

“Democrats simply denied our movement to subpoena Hunter Biden,” the GOP members of the committee tweeted. “They refuse to carry Hunter accountable for his shady enterprise dealings that make us extra depending on China for renewable power. It’s previous time for accountability.”

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., had made a movement to subpoena the president’s son as a witness due to what he known as his “invaluable” experience relating to cobalt mining.

“I simply made a movement to subpoena Hunter Biden as a witness for the Home Oversight and Reform Committee’s listening to on electrifying [the USPS],” Biggs tweeted. “Hunter bought a U.S. cobalt mine to a Chinese language firm. Cobalt is critical for electrical automobile manufacturing. Hunter’s experience is invaluable!”

“Wow,” Biggs tweeted after the movement was denied. “Democrats simply denied my movement to subpoena Hunter. They proceed to guard him at any value. I suppose Democrats are okay together with his shady enterprise dealings.”

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Final week, Home Republicans on the Oversight and Reform Committee known as on Hunter Biden to testify, in accordance with a letter from rating member Rep. James Comer, R-Ky.

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“Home Committee on Oversight and Reform Republicans request the attendance and testimony of Hunter Biden,” Comer stated within the letter to Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y.

Comer cited Biden’s supposed experience in cobalt mining, which he instructed secured him a negotiating place with Chinese language officers.

The New York Instances confirmed the authenticity of Hunter Biden’s notorious laptop computer final month.
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Based on a November 2021 report in The New York Instances, Hunter Biden was “part-owner of a enterprise concerned within the $3.8 billion buy by a Chinese language conglomerate of one of many world’s largest cobalt deposits.”

“At this time within the Home Oversight Committee, Democrats held a listening to on electrifying the U.S. Postal Service Fleet,” tweeted Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kan., who additionally sits on the Oversight and Reform Committee. “In the meantime, we nonetheless haven’t had a listening to on the catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan, the disaster at our southern border, or the skyrocketing power costs.”

Fox Information’ Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.