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The US president’s son sat in the gallery with his lawyer, causing pandemonium, with panel members arguing with each other and scolding him for appearing.

You dont know what hes going to say. its hard to have good questions. in an onticks standpoints -- optics standpoint, they look bad that way. legally, it muddies the water legal for doj. heres someone in negotiations saying theyre willing to be here. and more the kind of time, place, and manner is not to congress suiting. so anne-mariely i think that -- normally i think that would be a no brainer. doj would not prosecute such an contempt. normal has not been the standard when it comes to the hun...

Here with my co-host harris faulkner and emily compagno and restoring america editor for washington examiner and senior fellow for independent womens forum kaylee mcgee white and fox news contributor raymond arroyo. laums debating whether to hold hunter in contempt after a shocking appearance. it has been called a publicity stunt. hunter arrived, his team grining and he got up and left as marjorie taylor greene was speaking. he was hit by reporters including our own hillary vaughn. >> mr. biden,...

Contempt. that shocking stunt by hunter biden is having reverberations around capitol hill. he showed up and took a seat inside of the gallery of the oversight committee and then he left as republican lawmakers were firing off questions to him. and his lawyer abbe lowell had quite a bit to say about the republican lawmakers as they were on their way out the door. both committees expected to pass that contempt resolution. well bring you the news as we get it. just five days until the iowa caucuse...

Who voted to hold people in contempt. you can get my vote for contempt. i want you to show the american people that youre serious. here is the subpoena to representative scott perry who did not comply, id like to enter this into the record. here is the subpoena for to mark meadows. id like to enter this into the record, who did not comply. here is the subpoena to jim jordan who did not comply with a lawful subpoena. id like to enter that into the record. here is the subpoena for mo brooks who di...

Will. if you look at the amendments theyre filing now they are trying to do everything they can to distract from the fact that hunter skipped town on a lawfully issued subpoena. well have to work through amendments by democrats. at the end of the day the house judiciary and oversight committee will mark up a contempt of court violation. >> harris: nancy mace said he should be arrested right now. any other republicans saying the same thing? >> probably a lot of people were wondering the process o...

The district attorney, the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia, has to make a decision whether or not to prosecute the presidents son on this referral contempt of congress. keep in mind there were a couple of different decisions made by this justice department previously where they prosecuted steve bannon, the former aide to president trump, peter navarro was also held in contempt of congress. mark meadows the former white house chief of staff and former chef staffer dan scavino were not....

Investigation, into joe biden, and they still have no evidence on the president, even chairman comer admitted that when asked that today on fox news, he said i think we do, but they dont. and so, look, im hopeful we can get back to doing the business of the american people. there is a lot going on, keeping the government going on over in ukraine, things of that nature. today was a continued side show. >> did you know hunter biden would be coming this morning? was this coordinated? >> i didnt hav...

Shows, i think, extremely poor judgment. we talked about this before. when you are in a legal hole in particular like hunter biden is in. the first thing you do is stop digging. i thought that it was a bad idea for him to do the presser out in the parking lot of the capitol building. lawyers, trained lawyers like hunter biden and presume will bely joe biden and mr. lowe you have a fifth amendment right to keep your mouth shut and thats what you need to do. words are what get people in trouble. h...

>> if they called you to testify today, would you, sir? >> yes. >> reporter: heres the thing, though. his lawyers speaking for most of that interaction with the press continuing to say that he did nothing wrong, that this contempt, holding him in contempt, rather, in these committees is unprecedented because his client is here. hes willing to talk to the panel. really quickly here, jose, this is expected to pass both panels, this resolution, sometimes in the next couple of hours or so. they had ...