While it is unlikely that neither Joe Biden, nor his son Hunter will be called to testify in the public impeachment hearings, you can expect both of their names to be dragged through the mud, particularly Hunter’s.
As the Democrats make the case in a public forum as to why President Trump should be impeached and removed from office, do not expect Hunter Biden’s character to go unscathed. The reputation of the son of the former VP is likely going to be collateral damage to whatever the outcome is for Trump.
Republicans have signaled their intent to focus on the younger Biden when they sought him as a hearing witness in a letter sent over the weekend. Democrats are unlikely to approve the request, but his conduct may be an unavoidable topic in this week’s hearings, given that witnesses’ closed-door testimony to date has made clear that some in the prior administration held concerns about his role on the board of Ukrainian natural gas firm, Burisma Holdings.
Even in the absence of either Biden appearing in front of the cameras in the hearing room, Republicans will be eager to publicly pry into those concerns, if only to offer justification for the act at the heart of the impeachment inquiry — Trump’s request for Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden’s role, as well as former Vice President Joe Biden’s connection to the firing of a prosecutor looking into the firm’s founder.
“I think this is absolutely worth looking into,” Republican Rep. Michael Waltz, of Florida, said on the Fox News program, “America’s News HQ,” regarding the Hunter Biden controversy. “Yet the mainstream media and the Democrats just want to say ‘nothing to see here’.”
Already Damaging Testimony About the Bidens
One of the first impeachment witnesses, State Department official George Kent, could be pressed by Republicans about Hunter Biden’s work. He is one of two witnesses scheduled for the first day of public hearings.
Republicans are likely to zero in on Kent’s prior closed-door testimony, where he discussed his concerns about Biden’s work with Burisma, but said he was told it wasn’t appropriate to discuss the matter because of the health struggles of former Vice President Joe Biden’s eldest son, Beau, who died of brain cancer.
Kent also told congressional investigators that he had repeatedly raised concerns with the Obama administration about Burisma, and also discussed the administration’s efforts to remove Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin from his post. At the time, Shokin was investigating Mykola Zlochevsky, the former minister of ecology and natural resources of Ukraine— also the founder of Burisma.
Shokin was fired in April 2016, and his case was closed by the prosecutor who replaced him, Yuriy Lutsenko (though Ukraine is now reviewing such cases). Biden once famously boasted on camera that when he was vice president and leading the Obama administration’s Ukraine policy, he successfully pressured Ukraine to fire Shokin.
Meanwhile, in a letter penned by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., Republicans have also proposed Hunter Biden’s former longtime business partner, Devon Archer, as a witness, claiming he could help to understand “the nature and extent of Ukraine’s pervasive corruption” which could provide “information that bears directly on President Trump’s longstanding and deeply-held skepticism of the country.”
But according to formal rules for the impeachment inquiry passed last month, Democrats have final say over witnesses, and it is unlikely that the Bidens, Archer, nor the whistleblower that started the whole thing, will be approved to testify.
When and how will all this “mud slinging” ever end? For one, I don’t want to hear or read about all the fighting by our elected representatives.
Want the “mud slinging”, to stop? Write, & contact your representative, & Congressman….Tell them! America, is dealing with a political party that “HATES TRUMP, MORE THAN THEY LOVE THEIR COUNTRY!….{ so….How is that going to work?}
Corrupt Biden? How about corrupt “Little boy of Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry’s Nephew….All corrupt, & illegal! Democrats, don’t seem to remember that all laws apply to everyone in America….Not just the Conservatives! & how about getting rid of the “rats”, in the Congress….led by that worthless bag of SCHIFF?
I want justice. Let’s have the Biden’s
testify under oath.
The impeachment hearing is a dog
and pony show. Obviously a manufactured
plot by Democrats to derail his re-
election and keep their anti-American
plots secret.
How stupid are the democrats – we will never know because they are totally BRAIN DEAD! LEAVE TRUMP alone – he is the best president we have had – Obama was pushed in to satisfy the African American population in America – (FYI – before I am called a racist I have both North African & South African blood running through my little Blue Veins) something I am VERY PROUD of. Obama could have totally destroyed America (which he didn’t) & not one democrat would have opened their mouth. But he did some good things & we all survived YOU ANGRY STUPID DEMECRATS NEED TO LEAVE TRUMP ALONE & LET THE MAN DO HIS JOB – I DON’T BELEIVE THAT ANY OF YOU DEMOCRATS CARE ABOUT AMERICA OR AMERICANS IF YOU DID YOU WOULD ALL “GET OVER IT” AND SUPORT OUR PRESIDENT.
BABY BIDEN IS DIRTIER THAN HIS FATHER IF THAT’S POSSIBLE!
FYI Terry The Biden’s will never be called to testify under oath = the democrats will kill them all first. I hope they (the Biden’s) all realize that – they are all now Persona Non Grata & that they are smart enough to just disappear into the SunSet.
Peloski and her whole crew need to be impeached as they are the ones trying to ruin our country. President Trump was elected by the people and the democrats seem unable to accept that. Get rid of all of them.
Considering that they both have been wallowing in the mud why shouldn’t they have their names down there with them? Why shouldn’t they be completely exposed to the American people?
If the Bidens, Archer, nor the whistleblower that started the whole thing, will be called to testify. Then it never happened.
I am tired of the democrats making up the rules as they go along. Democrats need to follow the constitution of the United States of America, something they no nothing about.
GOD BLESS OUR GREAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, Democrats ENJOY FIVE MORE YEARS UNDER THE GREAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
If the Bidens, Archer, nor the whistleblower that started the whole thing, will be called to testify. Then it never happened.
They all lie, cheat and steal, and now it has publicity came to light, you can see why now there is a so called impeachment, this is to try and stop a much needed investigation and should have started way back in the Obama and Clinton devastating era.
I am tired of the democrats making up the rules as they go along. Democrats need to follow the constitution of the United States of America, something they no nothing about.
GOD BLESS OUR GREAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, Democrats ENJOY FIVE MORE YEARS UNDER THE GREAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
So your next activity will be to “{attack” Biden’s son and I guess blame it on someone else. Why don’t you act like decent people instead of worthless politicians.
Boo Hoo!
Hunter Biden’s name can’t be dragged through the mud because there’s no mud to drag his name through. Hunter Biden is a completely made-up story foisted on the American public by the defenseless Trump and the clueless Republicans.
Biden himself said he had the guy investigating Burisma Holdings fired.
BOTH BIDENS PUT THEMSELVES IN THE MUD !
So sick of hearing this mess. It wont even matter if Trump did do something after they have called wolf too long.
Trump does have the right to NOT give away tax payer money. Bidens don’t need to be getting kickbacks.
The travesty and waste of the whole damned thing burns me up. I wish I could lay hands on the amount in direct dollars and in wasted time, let alone future costs of prosecuting the Democrat criminals involved, and deduct that portion from my taxes. Except the costs of prosecuting that Sociopath SCHIFF; that I’d gladly pay hard cash money to witness. Hopefully our Republican representatives are going to do something massively visible, like prosecuting all the clowns involved. “Massively visible” because the lapdog, Sewer-stream media will do their best to bury those stories…
I’d also love to see the Senate verdict on this so-called “impeachment hearing” waste of time, take about 8 minutes throwing the whole thing out. Then, we can look for that story way at the bottom of page 12… just before Trump wins 2020 by a landslide.
It seems to be a routine of Democrats first to enquire in secret, then to have “open interviews”, without the Republicans having the right to call their own witnesses,a sham. In addition, following the tradition of Lavrentiy Beria, Stalin’s chief pogromist and mass executioner before the war, whose hero was Robespierre and whose motto was “Show me the man and I will find the crime”, the democrats are endlessly pursuing impeachment in search of a crime.
Is there any reason why this sham should not simply be rejected at the door of the Senate?
Sorry Andre but it is not a made up thing about Hunter Biden and Joe. First if you would read they have major money proof that there was money that was funneled into the Bidens through a corrupt account. So there is plenty to investigate. Then you have Joe on public television hold tax payers dollars to get the Ukraine diplomats fired. He exposed himself. There plenty more fact check it. Then you have Adam Schiff making a trip to the Ukraine with one of his aids before the whistleblower complaint came out would of been about a week before Schiff the liar and Pelosi announced impeachment before the transcript of the ph call came out and when they knew about the whistleblower about a month and he contacted Schiff and his team. Which then Schiff lied about even knowing about it. Really open your eyes👁
I think the Democrat is dragging the U.S.A. down and down further gradually by kept doing investigate this, that, on going forever. When I look at Adam Shift, his eyes raised red flag! To me he not only has a meaning demon in their, but he may has a neurological disorder in his brain that kept making him fighting and kept on and on. I hope someone check his mental status…please!
That’s right. If the accusing witnesses don’t show up to testify, then there is no case, no crime, no authority to move forward with indicting anyone.
Obviously the “whistle Blower” has backed out on the Democrats. They have nothing!
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