Hunter Biden Abruptly Exits Hearing As Marjorie Taylor Greene Starts Speaking
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He came, he saw, he left.
Minutes after his surprise appearance, Hunter Biden exited a hearing led by House Republicans aiming to hold him in contempt of Congress for refusing to speak to them behind closed doors about his business practices.
President Joe Biden’s son has offered to answer the lawmakers’ questions in a public hearing, and showed up unexpectedly on Wednesday to emphasize that point.
He bowed out, however, just as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) claimed her speaking time. Greene has waged an ugly campaign against Hunter Biden that involved blowing up sexually explicit photographs of him to display during a House oversight committee meeting last summer.
A horde of reporters followed in the younger Biden’s wake.
In the halls of Congress, an attorney for Biden gave a statement reiterating his client’s stance: He will readily appear in a public hearing, where members of the public can hear from him directly.