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capitol hill where two house committees are kicking off meetings right now to consider whether to hotel hunter biden in contempt of congress. the house judiciary and oversight panels both expected to vote on whether to proceed with contempt for defying a subpoena. the president's son refused to appear behind closed doors for questioning last month insisting he would only appear publicly. this comes one day before hunter biden's scheduled arraignment in california on tax-related charges. let's bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie tsirkin. julie, two committees beginning these hearings right now. walk us through what we can expect. >> reporter: exactly. the house judiciary committee and the oversight committee, both panels led by republicans who are investigating and leading an impeachment inquiry into hunter biden's father, the president, joe biden. they are set to meet this morning. you see them getting ready in their chairs now to mark up these reports to hold hunter biden in contempt of can congress.
that would certainly be a big surprise, not only to all of us, but certainly the committees. but i don't anticipate that to change much. again, he is appearing sort of in sense taunting them to hold him in contempt of congress. he is not going to testify in a private setting like they want, like republicans are asking him to do, so i anticipate that besides seeing hunter biden in the room, if and when he does show up, this will certainly be something that republicans will take, a step they will take in committee and further move to the full house for consideration. it's not going to be like they see hunter biden in the chair and then all is well and done and they can call this vote off. i do expect them to move forward. >> so julie, just back up for us and remind us why they want to talk to him so badly. is this all part of their official impeachment probe into president biden? again, there has been no direct connection between actions that hunter biden has taken in his past as a drug addict with his financial troubles that have
senate side the day of that congressional subpoena to defy it and spit in the face of this committee. that's what you did. the question the american people are asking us is what is hunter biden so afraid of? why can't you show up for a congressional deposition? this is just a pr stunt to you. this is just a game that you are playing with the american people. you're playing with the truth. hunter biden wasn't afraid to sell access to joe biden to the highest bidder when he was in elected office. he wasn't afraid to trade on the biden brand. peddle influence and share those ill gotten gains with members of his family. he wasn't afraid to compromise the integrity of the presidency and vice presidency by involving joe biden's shady business deals with our foreign adversaries. but hunter biden you are too afraid to show up for a deposition. and you still can't today. i believe that hunter biden should be held completely in contempt. i think he should be hauled off to jail right now because it wasn't long ago too my friends
witnesses they've called and they're supposed to arrive at a solution and what do you think about the fact that the chairman on multiple occasions gave this witness the opportunity to come before the full committee and he agreed to that? >> we issued a congressional subpoena and i know with your constitutional law background you know exactly what that means, and he should have showed up. and because of your vote and because of your statements, you should be voting to hold this man in contempt of congress today right now. if you're going to be consistent on your own policies and your own words. >> gentle lady's time is expired. chair recognizes mrs. moskowitz for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good to see you after a long break. so i'm listening to the gentle lady from south carolina about the witness being afraid to come in front of the committee. that's interesting. he's here. he doesn't seem to be too afraid. in fact, for some reason the
needle of political support, which was a quote chairman comer confessed was his true purpose. the republican chairs today then are commandeering an unprecedented resolution to hold someone in contempt, who has offered to publicly answer all their proper questions. the question there is what are they afraid of? thank you. >> they called you to testify today -- >> okay. we'll watch to see where they head next. we know there are two committee hearings happening right now. they just stepped out of the oversight committee room where that hearing was underway, proceeding with potential contempt of congress votes against hunter biden and we'll see if he's heading into the
you show up, period. this is not a responsibility we take lightly. it brings no joy for us to do this, but the president's son broke the law and must be held accountable in the same way anybody else would. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do so. and my last message to you hunter biden, you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes. >> will the gentle lady yield for a question? will the gentle lady yield? will my friend yield from south carolina? >> sure. >> i do want to commend the gentle lady who was the only republican who stood up and voted to hold in contempt the republican members of the house who blatantly and categorically refused to comply with subpoenas that came from the bipartisan january 6th committee. i would like to ask my friend ms. maze from south carolina whether she's aware of all the case law which says that the committee has to engage in good faith interaction with the
record. here is the subpoena for mo brooks who did not comply. here is the subpoena to mr. bigs who did not comply. i'd like to enter that into the record. here's the subpoena to mr. mccarthy, who did not comply. i'd like to enter that into the record. there's an amendment coming into add those names into contempt order. you vote to add those namgs is and show the american people we apply the law equally, not just when it's democrats. it's a crime when it's democrat but when it's trump and the republicans it's just fine. no, show that you're serious and that everyone is not above the law. vote for that amendment, and i'll vote for the hunter biden contempt. i yield back. >> gentleman's time's expired, chair recognizes ms. green from georgia for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. excuse me, hunter, apparently you're afraid of my words. oh, i'd like to reclaim my time, mr. chairman. >> order. >> wow.
which the chairman falsely claimed he never got a response back to his original letter. mr. biden's attorney explained the chairman actually never responded to his offer to sit down and discuss the committee's request, but stated he remained available to have the discussion, but the chairman again completely failed to respond. two months later on november 8th, chairman comer and jordan issued subpoenas to mr. biden requiring his appearance for a deposition on december 13th. the cover letter, the chairman noted given your client's willingness to address this investigation publicly up to this point, we would expect him to testify before congress. throughout the fall, the chairman urged mr. biden to come up here at a public committee hearing is. on september 13th on news max, the chairman stated, hunter biden is more than welcome to come in front of the committee. if he wants to clear his good
they say they are concerned that republicans would misconstrue what hunter biden has said behind closed doors. this has been on ongoing back and forth between comer and jordan. certainly something that the hunter biden team is pointing out here, ana, but a big escalation, a big step forward today with these contempt votes in the committees. and we'll see, again, if the house can pass that when it gets there. >> okay. so it goes through the committees first, and then it would go to the full house for a vote if it passes the committees, right? when would the full house take this up? and then what? do we expect it to actually be recommended that the doj press charges? >> reporter: well, that's the big question here, ana. it is not clear when the housey. james comer has said he hopes the whole house will report this matter out. this is going to go to the doj
that's too bad. >> chair recognizes ms. green from georgia. >> i think it's clear and object for everyone watching this hearing today that hunter biden is terrified of strong conservative republican women because he can't even face my words as i was about to speak to him. what a coward, and this is also a coward that -- >> okay, we're hearing marjorie taylor greene inside the committee room. we're looking at images outside that hearing room where we're seeing abby lowell, hunter biden's attorney speak. let's listen. >> have sought to use him as a surrogate to attack his father, and despite their improper partisan motives, on six different occasions since february of 2023, we have offered to work with the house committees to see what and how relevant information to any