It appears that the concerted effort to excuse Hunter Biden’s defiance of a subpoena in the media has failed. According to a Harvard Caps/Harris poll, 71 percent of Americans believe that Hunter should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress. What is remarkable is that 54 percent of Democrats support his prosecution.
I have previously written that Hunter committed a flagrant, criminal violation in holding his presser in front of the Congress and refusing to appear for a deposition in the House. There is an equally compelling basis to take action against Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Cal.) under House rules for facilitating the alleged federal crime.
The poll shows that, again, the public has rejected the spin in the media and correctly sees this act for what it was: a federal crime.
Every group is lined up in favor of prosecution:
- Democrats: 54 percent support
- Republicans: 89 percent support
- Independents: 72 percent support
The decision of Hunter and his counsel to take this action remains legally incomprehensible. He could have gone into the committee room and taken the 5th Amendment. There is no cognizable defense in my view to this charge.
Hunter may now have not just created a third threat of incarceration, but placed his father and his administration in the worst of possible positions.
Two Trump associates – Steven Bannon and Peter Navarro – refused to appear in the House and were quickly held in contempt by a majority of the House, including Swalwell.
Indeed, President Biden himself has maintained that defying subpoenas cannot be tolerated. When subpoenas were issued to Republicans during the House’s Jan. 6 investigation, Biden declared: “I hope that the committee goes after them and holds them accountable criminally.”
The Justice Department clearly agreed. Under Attorney General Merrick Garland, Bannon went from a failure to appear to an actual indictment in just two months.
Garland would be expected to show the same commitment and speed with the President’s son.
The possibility of a third indictment also can have blowback on his other cases. It shows a continuing contempt for the legal process and a pattern of criminality. It also could be cited as another example of attempting to conceal information from the government. If Hunter faces sentencing on the tax or gun charges, subsequent criminal conduct can make a court less likely to be lenient.
None of this is good for Joe Biden. It shows that the public rejects the claim that Hunter is a victim. Instead, he is seen as displaying the ultimate sense of entitlement and privilege in going to the Hill to thumb his nose at Congress.
Hunter’s contempt is reminiscent of when he told ABC News reporter Amy Robach to “say it nicer” when she asked him about his prior conduct. While the Bidens may be able to get away with instructing the media on how to question family members, it does not have the same license with Congress. Hunter Biden does not get to dictate how or when he will answer questions from Congress. Congress does not have to “say it nicer.”
Gonna go out on a limb and say, the Congress will say it nicer. Not only that, nothing will happen to Biden …..any of them, as long as the globalist deep state is in control.
The trick will be to keep the just-us system from sentencing him to probation or just a fine that can be paid for him by some Dem billionaire. Make it sting – then maybe he’ll decide to offer Joe a choice. A pardon, or I sing like a canary!
Why Tom/Estovir Keeps Smearing Feces
Tom/Estovir is the Blog Stooge, commanding a brigade of long-established puppets.
Those puppets include: Thinkthrough, James, Jimmy, Upstate Farmer, Iowa2, Hullbobby, Guy Ventner, Edward Mahl, Shakdi, Ralph Chappell, J. Feldman, dgsnowden, Margot Ballhere and countless one-day puppets plus the suddenly ubiquitous ‘Turdruuner’.
Some of these established puppets go back to the spring of 2020 when Estovir first launched the brigade. Estovir wanted to disguise the fact that he was a constant presence on this blog.
No discussion can possibly develop unless Estovir is totally in control. And even ‘then’ no discussion will develop because Estovir is in control; more concerned with mean-spirited attacks than any real debate.
For close 4 years, the blog moderator enabled Estovir by deleting any responses to the personal attacks. Estovir was allowed to viciously smear liberal commenters with total impunity.
For close to 4 years, Estovir essentially had his ‘own’ blog. Where he played a Rush Limbaugh-like shock jock for 12-16 hours per day.
The fact that Estovir has so much time for this blog is an oddity in itself. Even retirees have personal errands to run and some degree of social life. Yet Estovir maintains an almost constant presence here with very few breaks. Could it be he’s really an invalid in a wheelchair? An online bully who’s actually crippled??
For reasons that are mysterious, the Blog moderator no longer protects Estovir. Consequently Estovir’s puppets have been repeatedly named these past few weeks. So Estovir is suffering serious anxiety; fearing he has lost control of Johnathan Turley’s blog.
So Estovir is determined to ‘blow up’ the blog. That is, if he can’t control the blog, Estovir will destroy it. Professor Turley had better take notice and let Estovir operate as before, or the blog will look like a cesspool.
That’s the message Estovir is currently putting out with these endless ‘steaming turds’ and frequent use of the ‘K’ word. He wants us to think a really bad militia man is holding us hostage. When it’s really a pathetic, wheelchair-bound creep.
Steaming turs^^^^^^
+100
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“This is the most election of our lifetime”
-Kamala Harris
“I’ve been fortunate and blessed during the course of being vice president, have many situations where it becomes clear to me that there are people of every Asian and gender by the way, who see something about being the first that lets them know they dont need to be limited by other peoples limited understanding of who can do what.
I heard she was in Colorado today “celebrating”
“The Prentis Cycle”
“From bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to courage; from courage to freedom; from freedom to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency ; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to fear; from fear to dependency; and from dependency back to bondage once more.[6]”
– Henning Webb Prentis Jr., 1946
Amy Rorbach probably did say it nicer.
It seems that Elvis Bug is feeling left out because of the constant cornholing that Svelaz is taking. He keeps sea-lioning with this lame question that i already answered several days ago. So i will link to the answer for him below as well as post it again.
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“Why is your opinion better than the data collecting methods at factcheck.org?”
I’ve already replied, Mr. Change-the-subject.
I didn’t give my opinion. I gave a fact. CPI “when Trump left office” (Jan 2021) was 1.4%
Not an opinion pinhead. A fact. I offered the source (bols) as evidence.
You gave what you *thought* was fact when you said, “7.6%, which is what the CPI was at when Trump left office”. You offered a link to fuctcheck.org as evidence.
I then pointed out to you, that not only was that number from Oct 2020, and not “when Trump left office” but it was also not the CPI. It was a cumulative total of the rise in consumer prices from Jan 2017 to Oct 2020.
RCAWT….you failed again.
The ensuing sh!t show was you doing what you are doing now. Trying to obfuscate for your 3rd grade mistake by sea-lioning (a low IQ move).
But I’ll play. My opinion ain’t worth didily squat compared to any accurate facts at fuctcheck.org with one caveat….unless you’re too dumb to know what you’re looking at.
I’ve tried to help you with that, but you insist on (now) septuple-ing down on stupid.
Party on
https://jonathanturley.org/2023/12/15/the-three-myths-of-the-biden-impeachment-defense/comment-page-4/#comments
Bonus round for Svelaz aka Mr Peetape
(Who says he has no problem admitting when he is wrong)
Fill in the blank
1. This is a contempt of Congress charge which is handled according to ________.
a) 2 USC 192
b) congressional rules
Hint svelass. Its always a)
Tom, Please see the CRS report/faqs that I linked to just below. Thanks.
I’ve read it. What is your point?
Trying to improve the civility and context of the contempt discussion. I note from the CRS contempt process answer that it cites to 2 USC 194, congressional practice, and a judicial decision.
LMAO
Sybill is that your innocent childlike personality speaking to be followed by your umpteen phqqkn nutz sock puppets? Phkk off troll
Easy natacha, i can handle this one too.
Its just nuts that they read 2 USC 194 and this article, and they think this statement
…to the appropriate United States attorney, whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the grand jury for its action.
Means the “action” is to try the mutha f*cka. So stupid.
Steve Bannon wasnt “found guilty” by a grand jury.
Svelaz still hasnt figured it out. But who is surprised that these lefties once again dont know wtf due process is?
Violation of 2 USC 192 is a crime. A persons guilt or innocence of that crime is determined the same as any other criminal offense. By a jury of their peers. Not by a grand jury as Svelaz argued.
Below is his patently false statement. If a grand jury were allowed to determine guilt, the 6th amendment is null and void. There is really nothing to discuss.
“Actually it’s up to a grand Jury to determine if Hunter Biden is guilty of contempt of congress.”——Svelass
Tom, I was addressing your 6:33pm comment. Thanks for reading the CRS report/faqs.
Fair enough. I failed to mention 2 USC 194. I assumed that since it is how 2 USC 192 is certified, one might find their way there from the other.
2 USC 192 AND 2 USC 194 contain plain wording. If someone like Svelaz needs it explained, good for them. But as can be seen, all it did was confuse him into thinking that the 6th Amendment is null and void. Thats the danger with “sources”.
But it brings up an interesting question. I wonder if anyone here thinks a CRS report cant possibly be just another “wilipedia”? I dont know this clown Todd Garvey from Adam. Not saying i see issues in this report, but who here believes we still have attorneys in the govt that arent partisan hacks for one side or the other. Who gets the final say? The majority party no doubt. Thats why i prefer reading the text and not wikipedia or fuctcheck.org.
Please see the amended video of Svelaz landing a new gig due to xis/xer butt splitting performance in the Senate. The CO Supreme Court rules it to be impenetrable facts sure to bust any bitter clinger from Uranus.
LMAO