President Biden has said that people who refuse to cooperate with a congressional committee 'should be held accountable.'
But counsel for Hunter Biden refused to comply with this request, saying the committee's investigation"lacks a legitimate legislative purpose and oversight basis" for requesting such records from the president's son, a private citizen.does not have"absolute and unconstrained investigative power" and"cannot act as a prosecutor."
"While your Letter attempts to demonstrate 'legislative purpose' for investigating Mr. Biden, it fails nevertheless to address that the Committee's scope of oversight is limited when dealing with private persons like our client," he said. "Investigations conducted solely for the personal aggrandizement of the investigators or to 'punish' those investigated are indefensible," the letter reads.with congressional probes into the events surrounding the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021.
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