Aderholt supports contempt proceedings against Hunter Biden after president’s son defies subpoena

The dean of Alabama’s congressional delegation said he supports moving to hold Hunter Biden in contempt after the president’s son defied a House subpoena to testify.

“Hunter Biden does not get to dictate how and which laws apply to him,” Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, said Wednesday. “What Hunter Biden is going to learn is that while it may be lucrative to trade off of his father’s name, it does not get him special treatment from the law.”

Carson Clark, a spokesman for Aderholt, told AL.com the congressman “supports the efforts of Congressman Comer and Congressman Jordan on the contempt issue.”

Clark was referring to House Oversight Accountability Chairman James Comer of Kentucky and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio, who announced Wednesday they would move forward with contempt proceedings against the president’s son.

“Hunter Biden today defied lawful subpoenas and we will now initiate contempt of Congress proceedings. We will not provide special treatment because his last name is Biden,” the congressman said in a statement.

“As our committees were today prepared to depose Hunter Biden, he chose to make a public statement on Capitol Hill instead where he said his father, Joe Biden was not financially [emphasis original] involved in his family’s business dealings. Exactly how was Joe Biden involved? Evidence shows Joe Biden met with Hunter’s business associates and his name was at the center of the family business strategy.”

Hunter Biden slammed the GOP-issued subpoena for the closed-door testimony, arguing that information from those interviews can be selectively leaked and manipulated.

“Republicans do not want an open process where Americans can see their tactics, expose their baseless inquiry, or hear what I have to say,” Biden said outside the Capitol in a rare public statement. “What are they afraid of? I am here.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.