House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) said a report of Hunter Biden’s lawyer warning the Justice Department that President Joe Biden would be called to the witness stand if charges were brought only brings greater credibility to the whistleblowers who have testified before Congress.
A trove of leaked emails has shown that in October 2022, DOJ prosecutors, led by now-special counsel David Weiss, had enough evidence to charge the president’s son with tax and gun crimes. That’s when Hunter’s attorney Chris Clark lashed out at Weiss, saying the president would become a witness if his client were charged, Politico reported.
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“The idea that Joe Biden is going to testify is ridiculous,” Jordan told Hannity. “Can you imagine putting Joe Biden on the stand right now and him facing cross-examination? I mean, there is no way that is going to happen, but this was the pressure campaign they were putting on the DOJ.”
“They see the evidence piling up,” Jordan added. “They see the credibility of these whistleblowers, and they see what was reported this week.”
Jordan also said the report indicated that in 2019, Hunter turned down a meeting with his legal team due to having another meeting with impeachment lawyers already scheduled.
“So, is he talking with Daniel Goldman?” Jordan questioned, referencing the attorney who assisted then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff in questioning witnesses during an impeachment hearing for former President Donald Trump. “Who’s he talking to? Because it was all about Burisma.”
Jordan said he will seek out answers to those questions, but that first, the investigation will address what four FBI and IRS officials can explain about an October 7, 2022, meeting, about which IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler testified that Weiss said he was not the deciding authority on whether to charge Biden, which Weiss later rejected.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) also told Hannity that the reported threats made by Hunter’s legal team toward the DOJ bring greater clout to the testimony of Shapley and Ziegler.
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“They definitely changed history,” Smith said of Shapley and Ziegler’s testimony.
On Monday, Jordan and Smith subpoenaed FBI special agents Thomas Sobocinski and Ryeshia Holley, along with IRS Director of Field Operations Michael Batdorf and IRS Special Agent in Charge Darrell Waldon.
