With Congress getting ready to go back into session, House Republicans will continue their impeachment inquiry of President Biden. Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) appeared on Fox Business's Mornings with Maria to discuss potential developments in the process, namely regarding First Son Hunter and his refusal to give closed-door testimony.
In mid-December, Hunter Biden was subpoenaed to appear before the House to give closed-door testimony. Rather than comply, the First Son instead gave a brief statement on the Senate side of the Capitol decrying the investigation and left. Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) later called Hunter's statement "a joke" and added it would "demonstrate how arrogant he is about the seriousness of what is going on."
Rep. Steube indicated Hunter would not comply with further subpoenas and predicted the House would vote to charge him for contempt of Congress in the coming week.
"And remember when the [former President Donald] Trump officials like Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon defied Congress and a Congressional subpoena? The [Department of Justice] charged them with contempt of Congress. Steve Bannon himself spent four months in prison. So it would be very interesting to see after the House passes the contempt resolution if the DOJ actually charges Hunter Biden like they did the Trump officials who defy Congressional subpoenas as well," Rep. Steube added, inferring a double standard will be evident otherwise.
Panelist Amber Duke asked if House Republicans had any intention of taking action against Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who helped Hunter Biden arrange the press conference outside the Capitol he gave instead of testifying.
The Hill reported Rep. Swalwell used his authority to reserve the area outside the Senate wing of the Capitol for Hunter's press conference. The positioning was also intentional, as Democrats control the upper chamber.
Steube replied that House Oversight Chair Representative James Comer (R-KY) "is looking into" and "I hope that is something that the Ethics Committee is looking at" as well.
"That is aiding and abetting [in] violating a Congressional subpoena as a member of Congress," Steube explained.
