Biden investigation takes new turn over allegations of a 'conspiracy to obstruct' Congress: 'An impeachable offense'

House Republicans are investigating whether President Joe Biden "engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct" their investigation into allegations of Biden family corruption.

On Dec. 13, Hunter Biden defied Congress and refused to testify at a deposition for which he had been legally subpoenaed. Instead, he spoke to reporters outside the Capitol. Later that afternoon, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre raised eyebrows when she appeared to confirm that President Biden knew beforehand that his son had planned to defy Congress.

"The president was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say," Jean-Pierre said.

The admission compels an investigation into "the involvement of the president in his son's scheme to defy the committees' subpoenas," House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R) told White House counsel Edward Siskel in a letter on Wednesday.

"The fact that the president had advanced [sic] awareness that Mr. Biden would defy the Committees' subpoenas raises a troubling new question that we must examine: whether the president corruptly sought to influence or obstruct the Committees’ proceeding by preventing, discouraging, or dissuading his son from complying with the Committees’ subpoenas," the chairmen explained.

"Such conduct could constitute an impeachable offense," they warned.

The committees are thus demanding that the White House turn over all documents and communications in the executive office of the president regarding the Hunter Biden deposition.

Constitutional legal scholar Jonathan Turley predicted House investigators would probe President Biden's knowledge of his son's decision to defy a subpoena, calling Jean-Pierre's comments about Biden's foreknowledge "a breathtaking mistake."

Politico, meanwhile, confirmed with multiple sources that Biden knew beforehand about Hunter's speech on Capitol Hill, which suggests he also knew his son planned to defy Congress.

Congress, however, has not yet taken any action to hold Hunter Biden in contempt. If that happens, the case would be turned over to the Justice Department, and prosecutors would decide whether or not to charge Hunter. Under Attorney General Merrick Garland, the DOJ happily prosecuted two Donald Trump allies who defied the Jan. 6 committee.

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