If called before Congress, Biden would be asked about his economic holdings, according to a criminal defense attorney. According to Kevin Adams, the pardon of his son by President Joe Biden now makes it possible for Congress to call Hunter as a witness. On Monday, Newsweek emailed Hunter Biden’s lawyer for comment. Adams was responding to the president’s declaration on Sunday that Hunter, who was awaiting sentencing on charges of tax evasion and gun ownership, had been pardoned. Additionally, it pardons Hunter for any offenses he might have committed between January 1, 2014, and December 1, 2024—years that were essential to the prosecution’s inquiry into tax evasion and foreign lobbying.
President-elect Donald Trump’s communications director, Steven Cheung, told Newsweek that “the failed witch hunts against President Trump have proven that the Democrat-controlled DOJ [Department of Justice] and other radical prosecutors are guilty of weaponizing the justice system.” Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio made a strong suggestion on X, formerly Twitter, that Hunter might be asked to testify while Republicans debate whether to remove President Biden from office for his financial dealings with his son. According to Democrats, our impeachment investigation was pointless. In that case, why did Joe Biden pardon Hunter Biden for the very things we were asking about? Jordan posted on Sunday.
Hunter can’t deny questioning before Congress any longer, Adams wrote on X. This is due to the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits persons from being forced to testify in front of Congress if doing so will strengthen their case against them or force them to make statements that could be used against them. Hunter can no longer claim the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions because he is no longer involved in any criminal prosecutions. “The upside to Joe Biden’s pardon is that Hunter Biden no longer enjoys the right to assert his 5th Amendment Right against self incrimination and contempt of Congress is also a crime,” stated Adams.
The refusal to go before Congress or the refusal to respond to questions if Biden does appear before a Congressional panel could result in prosecution and perhaps jail time. On X, conservative writer Jack Posobiec wrote: “Is it true that Hunter Biden no longer has the right under the Fifth Amendment to decline to testify about his activities from 2014 to 2024? requesting a companion. Hunter’s sentencing dates were December 12 in a Delaware firearms case and December 16 in a California tax evasion case.
The judicial system should run its course, according to President Biden, who had stated on numerous occasions that he would not pardon his son. But according to the president’s statement on Sunday, his son was “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,” meaning that he was handled differently from other people who committed the same offenses. Trump denounced the pardon on his social-media site, Truth Social, and linked it to the imprisonment of the January 6, 2021 Capitol rioters. At campaign rallies, the Republican has stated again and over again that he would pardon the rioters upon his inauguration. “Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years?” Trump wrote.
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