# GOP House investigation of President Joe Biden follow along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 18, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111 "2022-11-18T00:25:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/221 "2022-11-26T22:14:51Z")
Could Hunter get his laptop back if he asked for it? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/222 "2022-11-26T23:36:22Z")
I have photos of Joe Biden on my laptop. Oh noes! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/223 "2022-11-27T00:02:15Z")
> [@DLDDLDDLD3](#): > > ave you seen the pictures of Joe Biden that are rumored to be on the hard drive? Any evidence as to their validity? If you are not certain of their existence let alone their validity why exactly does it matter if anyone ~~h~~ as seen them? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/224 "2022-11-27T00:06:52Z")
Hey, just asking questions, right? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/225 "2022-11-27T00:41:59Z")
I saw the pictures of Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me! ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/226 "2022-11-27T00:44:48Z")
The baby looked at you? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/227 "2022-11-27T01:04:10Z")
Simpson’s reference. Which made me snort beer up my nose. Thanks a lot **iiandyiiii**. I am going to open an investigation on you. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/228 "2022-11-27T03:53:50Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me! WHAT?? The baby looked like you?? > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Thanks a lot **iiandyiiii**. I am going to open an investigation on you. Yes, this obviously needs to happen immediately. Unless I got something wrong…nah… ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/229 "2022-11-27T14:14:11Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Could Hunter get his laptop back if he asked for it? Could you imagine how out of date his version of Windows must be at this point? I’m sure he’s anxious to pick up where he left off on Red Dead Redemption 2 though. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/230 "2022-11-27T14:28:08Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > Could you imagine how out of date his version of Windows must be at this point? I thought it was a Macbook. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/231 "2022-11-27T14:34:10Z")
> **[Install Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp Assistant](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201468)** > > With Boot Camp, you can install Microsoft Windows 10 on your Mac, then switch between macOS and Windows when restarting your Mac. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/232 "2022-11-27T15:22:21Z")
I’m just wondering how it goes from being his property to not. Supposing it even exists. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/233 "2022-11-27T15:39:21Z")
I bet his drivers and antivirus are _way_ out of date. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/234 "2022-11-27T16:07:00Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I’m just wondering how it goes from being his property to not. I thought I read (although I now can’t find anything to back this up) that the repair shop had a policy that if you left a computer there for some specified amount of time without picking it up, the computer became the property of the shop. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/235 "2022-11-27T16:43:48Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I thought it was a Macbook. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-aWcZShT4cI/hqdefault.jpg "FogHorn LegHorn “It’s A Joke Boy. You Missed It.”") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aWcZShT4cI) ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/236 "2022-11-27T19:54:28Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > They are already notifying the White House of who they want to question. > > [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republicans-identify-42-biden-administration-officials-they-want-testify-2022-11-18/](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republicans-identify-42-biden-administration-officials-they-want-testify-2022-11-18/) > > > In Nov. 18 letters to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain and other top administration officials, 19 Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee said they need testimony on issues including border security, school board threats and claims of bias within the FBI and Justice Department. Should the administration cooperate, as the law says they should, and allow all these people to be questioned? Or should they take a page from the previous administration and basically tell the House to fuck off until they come back with subpoenas, then tell them to fuck off again? ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/237 "2022-11-27T19:58:17Z")
I’m somewhat torn but if I put my emotions aside I would say _if the law_ says they have to allow testimony then they should do that. Just because the GOP doesn’t believe in rule of law doesn’t excuse others from doing the same. ETA Just curious what law you are referencing regarding testimony to this committee? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/238 "2022-11-27T20:12:56Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Should the administration cooperate, as the law says they should, and allow all these people to be questioned? > > Or should they take a page from the previous administration and basically tell the House to fuck off until they come back with subpoenas, then tell them to fuck off again? I agree with @Kolak_of_Twilo. Setting aside the norms is not a good idea. However, for any subsequent hearings à la Benghazi, I’d like witnesses to show up with a bunch of aides who are prepared in real time to note when questions have already been asked, so the witness can respond, “You asked that same question during the hearing of (fill-in-the-date). My answer remains the same.” Then let the committee members argue about whether it was the same question, or if the question is different in some small way, and whether that changes the meaning of the question, etc. Make it so fucking stupid and boring, everyone will just tune out. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/239 "2022-11-27T20:13:50Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Just curious what law you are referencing regarding testimony to this committee? Oh, none. IANAL. I guess I just assumed if Congress summons you to testify, there must be some law that says you have to. But maybe that’s one of those norms and customs that Americans followed for 240 years until Republicans started saying _But what if we didn’t …?_ ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111/240 "2022-11-27T21:20:41Z")
Congressional committees have the authority to issue subpoenas to compel a witness to testify or produce documents. If a witness refuses to comply, Congress can attempt to enforce the subpoena through criminal or civil proceedings. However, criminal enforcement requires the cooperation of the Department of Justice – which is unlikely to be forthcoming if the Administration itself is refusing to comply with the Congressional subpoena. Administrations of both parties have resisted Congressional subpoenas in the past, what usually happens is a negotiation over the scope of the questioning and document production. More than you could ever want to know is available in [this Congressional Research Service report.](https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45653) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-house-investigation-of-president-joe-biden-follow-along-thread/975111.md?page=13)