Hunter Biden condemned Republicans this week, arguing the GOP has “weaponized” President Joe Biden’s empathy for his son into “evidence” of criminality.
Hunter Biden arrived on Capitol Hill Wednesday, to not comply along with his subpoena for a closed-door deposition with the Home Oversight Committee, however to carry a press convention and once more supply to testify publicly.
Whereas Republicans approved an impeachment inquiry this week, Hunter maintained that his father “was not financially involved” in his enterprise, and stated there’s “no evidence because it did not happen.”
In a remark to media outlet Axios, he argued Republicans have “weaponized my dad’s love for me, and turned his greatest strengths — his compassion, his empathy, his authenticity — into evidence of corrupt complicity. They’ve made it really hard for people to square that circle, which is why the Trump cult is obsessed with me.”
Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, talks to reporters on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Hunter Biden lashed out at Republican investigators who’ve been digging into his enterprise dealings, insisting outdoors the Capitol he’ll solely testify earlier than a congressional committee in public. (AP Picture/Jose Luis Magana)
Hunter had made the same remark throughout his press convention, when he argued, “They have taken the light of my dad’s love for and presented it as darkness. They have no shame.”
The speaking level that the president’s only sin is his love for his troubled son has change into a frequent chorus from Democrats and the media.
DEMOCRATS’ NEW HUNTER BIDEN TALKING POINT: BIDEN ONLY GUILTY OF BEING A LOVING FATHER
Hunter additionally informed Axios in regards to the “responsibilities” positioned on him due to investigations into his enterprise dealings.
“I feel I have two equal responsibilities now,” Hunter added. “The first is staying clean and sober, and the second is defending my dad. My mistakes are in spite of him — not a reflection of him. And that’s why I need to call out their lies as loud and as often possible going forward.”
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden has been a supply of political controversy amid his father’s run for reelection. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures)
Hunter’s resolution to talk publicly has rankled some within the White Home, in accordance with Axios.
“After mostly lying low for years, Hunter Biden — ignoring the wishes of some White House aides — is going on the attack,” Axios reported, including, “Hunter’s new strategy has caused tension between his team and the White House.”
“Top aides to President Biden originally crafted a plan to largely not respond to attacks and conservative media coverage — a risk-averse approach to avoid giving stories more oxygen.”
Axios wrote that Hunter’s staff “ultimately wasn’t satisfied. The media coverage didn’t die down. His team came to believe that his lack of a response was alienating potential Democratic allies — and hurting his father politically.”
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Fox Information’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
