WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Friday increased pressure on the Justice Department to share information about an alleged list of prostitutes owned by Hunter Biden’s first son, saying they could be victims in need of federal support.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and firebrand panelist Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote to the Justice Department that the information should be released by September 22, ahead of a potential impeachment inquiry against President Biden. for his alleged role in Hunter’s foreign business dealings.
“The Oversight and Accountability Committee continues to investigate whether the Department of Justice… is upholding the rights of victims who were sexually exploited by Robert Hunter Biden,” Comer (R-Ky.) and Greene (R-Ga.) wrote to the DOJ . human trafficking coordinator Hilary Axam and crime victims director Kristina Rose.
Comer and Greene resurrected the issue, which is less known than other allegations involving the Biden family, as special counsel David Weiss prepares to file federal charges against the 53-year-old first son.
An image of Hunter Biden with alleged prostitutes from his laptop.
Comer and Greene demand to know who at the Justice Department compiled a list of sex workers whose trips may have violated the Mann Act.
Hunter Biden reportedly used at least $5,000 transferred from his father to pay a Russian escort in Massachusetts, although there is no evidence that the elder Biden knew why his son needed the money.
A list of women believed to have crossed state lines to have paid sex with Hunter, possibly violating the Mann Act’s ban on interstate prostitution, was described in congressional testimony on June 1 by IRS whistleblower Joseph Ziegler.
Violations of the Mann Act carry criminal penalties. In a recent high-profile case, it was used to prosecute billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking of underage victims.
The lawsuit comes ahead of a potential impeachment inquiry against President Biden for his alleged role in Hunter’s foreign dealings.
Comer and Greene demand to know who in the Justice Department compiled a list of sex workers whose trips may have violated the Mann Act and whether “any victims [have] been notified of their legal rights.
“[T]Testimony from an Internal Revenue Service whistleblower indicated that the Department of Justice compiled a list of potential victims related to an investigation of Hunter Biden for violations of the Mann Act,” Comer and Greene wrote.
“These women can be victims under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act and can also be granted mandatory restitution under the Mandatory Restitution to Victims Act. In light of the Justice Department’s refusal to meaningfully communicate with the Committee, we are highly skeptical that the Justice Department has adequately communicated with crime victims.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks before a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing about alleged meddling in the Justice Department’s investigation into Hunter Biden.Reuters
Comer and Greene wrote to Justice Department Human Trafficking Coordinator Hilary Axam and Crime Victims Director Kristina Rose about a deadline for the list of prostitutes associated with Hunter Biden.AP
Hunter Biden recently testified that he was embarrassed by “offensive” content posted from his laptop.
Ziegler, who investigated Hunter’s finances for five years at the IRS, told the House Ways and Means Committee that Justice Department officials were “compiling” a list of women who traveled across state lines. to have paid sex.
“There were some people crossing state lines by plane, paying for their trips, paying for their hotels. They were what we call violations of the Mann Act,” Ziegler said.
“I know they were collecting them together,” he added. “I don’t know what they ended up doing with them. I know that at some point there was an effort to compile them, but I don’t know what ultimately happened to them.”
Republicans on the Oversight Committee accuse Justice Department officials of making the “alarming decision to ignore our original request” for information sent on July 25 and wrote that Rose should inform the panel by September 15 if “he refuses to to voluntarily appear at an information session to discuss these issues.” matters.”
The request comes after Weiss indicated Wednesday that he hopes to charge Hunter Biden this month for lying about his drug use on a federal gun purchase form in Delaware.
Weiss, the US attorney for Delaware, was granted special counsel status last month by Attorney General Merrick Garland to bring tax fraud charges against the first child outside of Delaware after the failure of a probation plea deal. only in a dramatic court hearing in July. .
Prosecutors attempted to criminally charge the president’s son in Los Angeles and Washington for evading about $2.2 million in taxes from 2014 to 2019 on his income from foreign business ventures that often involved his father, but IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Ziegler said Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys blocked the charges, contrary to Garland’s sworn assurances about Weiss’s autonomy.
It is unclear if Weiss intends to re-file tax fraud charges against Hunter Biden in one location or file separate cases in Los Angeles and Washington, or if he will add charges for alleged money laundering or registration law violations. Foreign Agents, or count less. -Discussed crimes such as drug use and prostitution.
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