EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is raising concerns about his colleague Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) after the California Democrat helped Hunter Biden arrange to appear publicly at the United States Capitol on Wednesday in defiance of a congressional subpoena.
Issa told the Washington Examiner he believed Swalwell was “aiding and abetting contempt,” and he sent a letter to leaders of the House Ethics and House Administration Committees inquiring about the matter.
Issa noted in the letter that Swalwell reserved an area designated for press next to the Capitol building at 9:30 a.m., the same time as Biden’s closed-door deposition with the House Judiciary and Oversight committees. Swalwell’s reservation, which members of the public, including Biden, cannot make themselves, stated that Swalwell himself planned to speak on the “GOP impeachment of President Joe Biden” and did not mention Hunter Biden. …read more…