Reporter corners KJP with Biden's own words about defying congressional subpoenas after Hunter Biden does exactly that

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to reconcile Hunter Biden defying a congressional subpoena with President Joe Biden's words that such individuals must be prosecuted.

The elephant in the briefing room on Wednesday was Hunter Biden's Capitol Hill speech and his refusal to comply with a subpoena requiring that he testify before House investigators probing allegations of Biden family corruption.

The first two times reporters asked about the first son's defiance, Jean-Pierre refused to address the issue. "I’m just not going to speak to that," she said. But when a reporter asked if Biden watched his son's speech, Jean-Pierre said the president "was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say," suggesting the two had conversed about it beforehand. But she later declined to provide additional details as to what exactly she meant by "familiar."

Finally, a reporter confronted Jean-Pierre with Biden's own words about congressional subpoenas.

"You were asked what the president — what his stance was on people who defy congressional subpoenas. In 2021, he was asked that question specifically and said that he believed the Justice Department should prosecute them," the reporter noted.

"Is that still his position?" the reporter asked.

But Jean-Pierre took the coward's way out.

"I don't have anything to add to what you just quoted me from the president. I just don't have anything to add," she responded

In October 2021, Biden was asked about individuals who had defied the Jan. 6 committee and ignored subpoenas requiring their testimony.

"I hope that the committee goes after them and holds them accountable criminally," Biden responded.

When asked if he thinks that accountability should come in the form of Justice Department prosecution, Biden confirmed, "I do, yes."

And that's exactly what happened. At the time of Biden's comments, Steve Bannon had ignored a congressional subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee. The Justice Department then secured an indictment against Bannon for contempt charges, and he was later found guilty and sentenced to prison.

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