Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) briefly sent Wednesdayâs House Oversight hearing into chaos when she displayed nude photos of President Joe Bidenâs son Hunter engaging in sexual activities, prompting committee Democrats to deem her latest attention-grabbing stunt inappropriate.
Wednesdayâs hearing was centered on the testimony of two IRS whistleblowers who allege that the criminal probe into Hunter Biden, which resulted in a plea deal on tax charges, was mishandled by the Justice Department, who they claim gave preferential treatment to the younger Biden.
For the first few hours, the hearing largely went as expected. Republicans touted the whistleblowersâ testimony as extremely credible while using it as a launching point for further speculation about the âBiden crime familyâ and allegations of foreign bribery schemes. Democrats, meanwhile, labeled the entire investigation into the Bidens as an âexercise in futility and embarrassment,â noting that House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) has yet to provide any evidence of the presidentâs wrongdoing.
It wasnât until Greene got her chance to ask questions, however, that the hearing really turned into a circus of the absurd.
Armed with a series of posterboards emblazoned with X-rated images from the younger Bidenâs infamous laptop, the MAGA congresswoman asked the two witnesses if they believed the presidentâs sonâs involvement with prostitutes violated any federal laws.
âSo when Hunter Biden paid for this woman to do this with him, to travel across state lines from California to Washington, D.C., on June 15, this is a violation of the Mann Act. This was prostitution,â she said, holding up censored photos of a nude Hunter Biden.
Joseph Ziegler, an IRS Special Agent with the Criminal Investigation Division, eventually told the Georgia lawmaker that he would need to refer her questions about Hunter Biden allegedly writing off payments to prostitutes to the House Ways and Means Committee. However, she persisted.
Even after Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) pointed out that Greene was nearly two minutes over her time, the congresswoman kept asking Ziegler about a potential IRS investigation into âHunter Biden making sex tapesâ and âonline pornography.â She then waved around yet another large nude photo of the presidential scion, prompting gasps from the crowd and an objection from Raskin.
âShould we be displaying this, Mr. Chairman?!â Raskin exclaimed while another Democrat said this was âunbecomingâ of the chamber.
Asking for a point of order, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) complained about Greene publicizing images that âare not actually even allegations much less evidence of anything.â Conceding that it was a âgood point,â Comer went on to say that the material had been âon the internet long before I became chairman of this committeeâ and therefore was already publicized.
Following Greeneâs antics, some Democrats took her to task.
âTodayâs hearing is like most of the majorityâs investigations and hearings: A lot of allegations, zero proof, no receiptsâbut apparently, some dick pics,â Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) said later in the hearing.
Lacking a certain amount of decorum in his response, however, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) tweeted that the photos revealed that âperhaps we should call Hunter Biden the âBig Guy,ââ referencing an alleged nickname for the president in Hunterâs emails.
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthyâs office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether Greeneâs behavior was appropriate and if he planned any disciplinary action against her.
In a Newsmax interview later Wednesday, Greene admitted the sexually explicit images made her âuncomfortable,â but maintained that they amounted to evidence that âthe American people deserve to see.â
âThis is a weaponized Department of Justice. They are protecting Hunter Biden,â she argued on Rob Schmitt Tonight.