House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY), and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) questioned the Department of Justice on Tuesday over its handling of women who were allegedly sexually exploited by Hunter Biden.
In a joint letter to Hilary Axam, the DOJ’s national human trafficking coordinator, and Kristina Rose, the DOJ’s director of the victims of crime, Comer and Greene demanded that the department provide information regarding its “potential failure to uphold the rights of victims who were sexually exploited by Hunter Biden.”
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“The Committee is concerned the DOJ disregarded the victims who were sexually exploited by Hunter Biden,” the lawmakers wrote. “Congressional testimony indicates that Hunter Biden paid prostitutes — victims — and used such payments as tax expenses for one of his companies. … Put simply, Hunter Biden’s criminal conduct harmed these women, and such harm appears to involve the 2018 tax charge for which he is now pleading guilty.”
The lawmakers requested information about the DOJ’s investigation into whether Biden violated the Mann Act by allegedly paying for travel expenses that would transport the women into different states. But they also accused the Justice Department of failing to uphold rights guaranteed to victims under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act and Mandatory Victim Restitution Act when it did not seek more serious charges. Prostitution in itself is illegal in every state outside of Nevada.
“Additionally, the Committee is concerned about the narrow scope of the charges that the DOJ chose to bring despite available evidence to other, more serious crimes,” the letter said. “The limited charging decisions may directly affect the victims’ ability to obtain relief. In choosing to ignore more severe criminal charges or omit relevant offense conduct, the DOJ opted to leave victims out of the conversation.”
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The move comes nearly a week after Greene held up redacted nude photos of Biden and a woman during a House Oversight Committee hearing. Greene claimed that the image was proof of the younger Biden’s violation of the Mann Act.
Biden has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and agreed to the facts related to an illegal gun purchase that will not require any prison time. He is expected to make an appearance in a federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday.
