Hunter Biden makes a surprise appearance at his own contempt hearing (www.npr.org)

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Hunter Biden, the president's son, appeared in the audience at a congressional hearing on holding him in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify behind closed doors.

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[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 51 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Between this, Hunter walking out on Marge, and the picture of Trump and Epstein being shown to Congress it was a good day. It's about time the left feeds them a little bit of their own bullshit and pettiness.
They're so used to Democrats not fighting back at all they don't know how to act when they do.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 10 months ago

I wish.

They’re the bullies who pick on people all day, then run to the teacher when the victim finally slugs them and both get detention (if the victim is lucky enough to have a teacher smells the bully’s bullshit).

[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago

Republicans are a bunch of pussies

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago

No wonder Trump has grabbed them

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

The guy is a lawyer, some people forget that.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 9 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden surprised members of the House Oversight Committee Wednesday when he made an unannounced appearance at a hearing on a resolution to hold him in contempt of Congress for refusing to appear before the same committee.

Hunter Biden refused last month to testify in a closed-door setting, despite a subpoena for him to appear.

The younger Biden and his attorneys cited concerns that Republicans would distort his comments and offered instead to appear at a public hearing.

Greene previously displayed nude photos of the president's son in a hearing and responded to his departure by calling him a "coward.

In a separate statement, Lowell accused Republicans of targeting his client as a surrogate for attacking the president.

The committee continued without the unscheduled star witness in a hearing that devolved into lengthy disagreements between members over everything from the rules of procedure to personal bickering.

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