The Contempt of Hunter Biden
null By William McGurnJan. 8, 2024 5:44 pm ETReview and Outlook: The President’s son refuses to sit down for a House deposition, courting a contempt citation. Images: Getty Images/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyGive the president’s son props for theater. Most uncooperative witnesses subpoenaed by Congress simply don’t show up. They let their lawyers haggle out a resolution. Or, if they do show up, they invoke the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions.Not Hunter Biden.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8About this articleMain Street“Main Street” aims to bring home the radical strengths and beauty of the American experiment, most keenly for those without wealth or connections. The column appears each Monday night online, and in Tuesday’s paper. William McGurnWilliam McGurn is a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and writes the weekly "Main Street" column for the Journal each Tuesday. Previously he served
Jan. 8, 2024 5:44 pm ET
Give the president’s son props for theater. Most uncooperative witnesses subpoenaed by Congress simply don’t show up. They let their lawyers haggle out a resolution. Or, if they do show up, they invoke the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions.
Not Hunter Biden.
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About this article
William McGurn is a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and writes the weekly "Main Street" column for the Journal each Tuesday. Previously he served as Chief Speechwriter for President George W. Bush.
Mr. McGurn has served as chief editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal in New York. He spent more than a decade overseas -- in Brussels for The Wall Street Journal/Europe and in Hong Kong with both the Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review. And in the mid-1990s, he was Washington Bureau Chief for National Review.
Bill is author of a book on Hong Kong ("Perfidious Albion") and a monograph on terrorism ("Terrorist or Freedom Fighter"). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, holds a BA in philosophy from Notre Dame and an MS in Communications from Boston University.
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