‘Dramatic Public Relations Effort’: MSNBC Correspondent Says Hunter Biden Trying to Show He Has Nothing to Hide Won’t Help His Case

Hunter Biden announced his intention to defy a Congressional subpoena during a press conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, giving a fiery speech in which he accused the GOP-led House of targeting him for political purposes.

MSNBC anchor Ana Cabrera reported on the morning’s events and brought in NBC New Capitol Hill Correspondent Ryan Nobles to detail the impact of Hunter Biden’s announcement.

“Yeah, Ana. There’s no doubt that this was a pretty dramatic public relations effort by Hunter Biden to show that he was here and ready to answer questions from the Oversight Committee and their investigation into his father and his business dealings and whether or not the two are connected,” Nobles began, adding:

But to be clear, that’s not what the committee was looking for today. They had asked him to appear under subpoena in a closed-door deposition to answer their questions about his business dealings and whether or not they connect to his father.

And they said at some point later they would be willing to allow him to testify publicly. And so this was an effort by Hunter Biden to show that he has nothing to hide, that he’s willing to answer those questions. But it’s probably not going to move House Republicans who, as you rightly point out, are prepared to vote on an impeachment inquiry later today and have said that if Hunter Biden did not appear for that deposition, which was taking place in a completely different part of the Capitol campus than where I’m standing right now, that they would be prepared to move to contempt of Congress charges against him.

Cabrera then quickly cut in to pick up live remarks from Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) who slammed the House-GOP for their continued impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Raskin joked that normal a crime mystery involves a “Whodunit?” but this investigation is more of a “What happened?” as the Republicans are still searching for a crime.

Watch the full clip above via MSNBC.