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What Hunter Biden's shocking House committee appearance means for 2024 (and what it doesn't)
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President Biden's son Hunter made a surprise appearance at a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday. It was a stunning move that was high on theater, but low on law.
Hunter Biden, son of President Biden, follows his attorney Abbe Lowell, right, as they depart the House Rayburn Office Building following a surprise appearance at a House Oversight Committee markup and meeting to vote on whether to hold Biden in contempt of Congress for failing to respond to a request to testify to the House last month on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 10, 2024. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque) Hunter Biden, son of President Biden, sits with his attorney Abbe Lowell, right, as he makes a surprise appearance at a House Oversight Committee markup and meeting to vote on whether to hold Biden in contempt of Congress for failing to respond to a request to testify to the House last month on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 10, 2024. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque) Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review. Follow him on Twitter @andrewcmccarthy
In the federal justice system, for example, we have enforcement: If you defy a subpoena, the FBI arrests you, the judge can hold you in contempt and imprison you until you agree to comply, and the Justice Department can prosecute you criminally for your defiance, even if you have attempted in the interim to cure it. You are apt to be convicted and spend even more time in the slammer.