Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, flanked by Kevin Morris (L) and Abbe Lowell (R), attend a House Oversight Committee meeting in Washington, D.C. , on Jan. 10, 2024. The committee is meeting today as it considers citing him for Contempt of Congress. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images
Two House committees approved resolutions Wednesday recommending that Hunter Biden be held in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to testify and that the matter be referred to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution.
Hans von Spakovsky
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Hans von Spakovsky is a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, a former commissioner on the Federal Election Commission, and former counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice. He is a member of the board of the Public Interest Legal Foundation.