‘Is This a Joke?!’ Eric Swalwell Asks Jim Jordan ‘How Dumb’ He Thinks American People Are About Subpoena Compliance

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) didn’t mince words when it came to the House GOP’s move to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress for allegedly violating a subpoena. Instead, he turned the tables on House Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who has ignored a subpoena for more than 600 days and counting.

In a separate hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, just down the hall from the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing where Hunter Biden made a shocking surprise appearance to indicate his willingness to testify publicly, Swalwell asked Jordan flat-out: “Mr. Chairman, is this a joke?”

He used the rest of his time to rail Jordan about his refusal to comply with a subpoena that was issued to him by the House Select Committee that investigated the January 6 insurrection and 2020 election interference:

No, seriously, is this hearing a joke? This is a committee that now cares about subpoena compliance, and we’re going to hold somebody in contempt for subpoena compliance? That’s really interesting because to me, it seems like you believe we all had our memories wiped 608 days ago when you failed to honor your own subpoena.

You see, on May 31, 2022, as the January 6 Committee was investigating the greatest crime ever committed in America, with the most arrests, the most convictions, a crime against our Congress, our Constitution, our democracy, all they wanted was for you and a few of your colleagues to cooperate, to provide any information you had. And what you all did for 608 days and counting, you didn’t show up. And you want us to take this proceeding seriously where you have an issue with somebody else’s compliance with a subpoena. Somebody who actually is willing to come forward publicly, something you were not willing to do, something you and [Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)] and others who were asked to testify were not willing to do.

So seriously, is this a joke? If it’s a joke, great. This whole Congress has been a joke. So it would be in line and on brand with what has been taking place. But I have to ask, how dumb do you think the American people are that you would seek to hold someone in contempt when you are 608 days, 15 hours, 21 minutes, and 47 seconds out of compliance of your own subpoena? I don’t know, Mr. Chairman, if it is your practice to look the other way when crimes are committed. But it’s not my practice, and it’s not my colleagues’ practice.

So what is this really all about? It’s about this chairman, Speaker [Mike Johnson (R-LA)], and the MAGA majority acting as Insurrection LLP, creating the biggest law firm in Washington, D.C. to work every single day in this building on behalf of just one client, the former President Donald Trump, and to carry out his petty grievances every single day.

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