25 Jul 2024 1:34 pm
let's compare the two shall we?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... -subpoena/
The Jordan and Hunter Biden subpoenas do not overlap perfectly, certainly. There are similarities: questioning the objectivity of the probes, noting purported efforts to misrepresent information, questions about the congressional role the subpoenas served.
There are also at least two important distinctions. The first is that Jordan can argue (where Hunter Biden can’t) that his position as a member of the House offered him protection against a subpoena from his colleagues. (Legal experts did not uniformly agree with this argument.) The second is that Hunter Biden, unlike Jordan, expressed a willingness to offer testimony, just not in the way that House Republicans decided they would want.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... -subpoena/
The Jordan and Hunter Biden subpoenas do not overlap perfectly, certainly. There are similarities: questioning the objectivity of the probes, noting purported efforts to misrepresent information, questions about the congressional role the subpoenas served.
There are also at least two important distinctions. The first is that Jordan can argue (where Hunter Biden can’t) that his position as a member of the House offered him protection against a subpoena from his colleagues. (Legal experts did not uniformly agree with this argument.) The second is that Hunter Biden, unlike Jordan, expressed a willingness to offer testimony, just not in the way that House Republicans decided they would want.