"Hunter Biden's Legal Battle: Contempt Referral, Subpoenas, and GOP Bluff"

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"Hunter Biden's Legal Battle: Contempt Referral, Subpoenas, and GOP Bluff"
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Hunter Biden's lawyer argued that the subpoenas issued by House Republicans for his testimony are invalid, claiming they lack legal weight as they were authorized before the House voted to open an impeachment investigation into President Biden. The Oversight and Judiciary Committees had issued subpoenas for Biden in November, but the full House did not vote to approve the inquiry until mid-December. This legal dispute mirrors a similar approach used by Democrats in the first impeachment investigation into former President Trump, prompting Republicans to cry foul.

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