Hunter Biden’s attorney on Friday filed an ethics complaint against Georgia MP Marjorie Taylor Greene after she showed the president’s son’s nude photos on billboards at a committee hearing earlier this week for her peers to see.
Abbe Lowell has urged an ethics watchdog to launch an investigation into Greene’s conduct “immediately” after it revealed Hunter’s censored, sexually explicit photos taken from his infamous laptop.
In a letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), he said Greene’s “abhorrent” behavior flagrantly violated House ethics rules and standards of official behavior.
“If the OCE takes its responsibilities seriously, it will promptly and strongly condemn and discipline Ms. Greene for her recent actions,” Lowell wrote in a letter first received by The Hill.
“Now more than ever, the House of Representatives has a duty to state loud and clear that it does not condone, condone, or concur with their outrageous, undignified behavior and their blatant violations of standards of official conduct, which reflect badly on the House of Representatives,” he added.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene held up placards at a supervisory hearing on Wednesday that showed explicit images of Hunter Biden from his laptop, allegedly with prostitutes
Hunter Biden attorney Abbe Lowell (pictured) filed an ethics complaint against Georgia MP Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday after she displayed the president’s son’s printed “files” on billboards at a committee hearing earlier this week for her peers to see
According to its website, the OCE is an independent, non-partisan body responsible for reviewing allegations of misconduct against members, officials and staff of the US House of Representatives.
If necessary, the OCE will escalate the matter to the House Ethics Committee.
Greene raised eyebrows when she shared the explicit images of Hunter Biden with prostitutes during Wednesday’s oversight committee hearing.
The Georgia congresswoman warned parents watching at home before questioning IRS whistleblowers that “discretion is required.”
The shocking moment occurred on the C-SPAN livestream as well as on other cable networks broadcasting the hearing, including Fox News.
“Should we issue that?” Jaime Raskin, a member of the Democratic leaderboard, once asked a question while speaking with other members of the panel.
Lowell urged an ethics watchdog to launch an investigation into Greene’s behavior “immediately” after she showed Hunter’s censored sexually explicit photos
Greene’s posters showed tickets Hunter Biden bought for at least one companion to fly from Los Angeles, California to Washington, DC in June 2018. Hunter wrote off the tickets as a trip for a “West Coast assistant,” Green claimed
Greene warned, “Before we begin, I want to say to the committee and to everyone watching at home that parental discretion is recommended.”
Images from Hunter’s laptop hard drive were printed on a billboard held up by Rep. Greene at the hearing, which showed President Joe Biden’s son engaging in sexual activity with prostitutes.
Greene claimed that she was “uncomfortable” showing Congress the graphic photos, but insisted that “the American people deserve to see them.”
“Before we begin, I want to say to the committee and to everyone watching at home that parental discretion is required,” Greene said.
Greene showed the pictures to ask if Hunter Biden could write off taxes on costs related to escorts, prostitutes and sex clubs.
She also presented evidence that Hunter Biden paid for the tickets for the escort who came from Los Angeles to meet him in Washington, DC in June 2018.
“If he bought her a plane ticket for sex and travel across state lines, do you think that’s a violation (of the law)?” Greene questioned the two IRS whistleblowers on Wednesday.
There are a slew of damning images from Hunter Biden’s laptop showing him naked or shirtless, taking drugs and engaging in sex with alleged escorts
Staff in the room at Wednesday’s hearing reacted with giggles and shock to the images Greene showed on her billboard of the naked First Son
She added that the “West Coast assistant” named on Hunter Biden’s tax returns was likely the person he allegedly flew in from Los Angeles for prostitution purposes.
“That’s not what paralegals do,” Greene said, to laughter from those watching the hearing in the room.
Joseph Ziegler, one of the whistleblowers, said the investigation found that Hunter had deducted from his taxes payments he claimed were for golf club membership when they were actually for a sex club, and travel for companions, not assistants.
Ziegler’s appearance ended the mystery of Whistleblower X, by which he was known until Wednesday’s hearing. He has worked with the IRS since 2010 and alleges that Hunter Biden received preferential treatment in investigations into his financial dealings and tax fraud.
At the same time, a taped interview with Ziegler was released in which he said that every time he tried to investigate President Joe Biden, the IRS told him, “We can’t ask these questions.”
Greene held up another placard that read, “Hunter recorded several sex tapes with a prostitute he paid for…”
IRS criminal investigator Joseph Ziegler showed his face for the first time on Wednesday after revealing preferential treatment in the Hunter Biden case – and previously only identified as Whistleblower X
Prior to his appearance, the name tag reads “Mr. Ziegler was seated at the witness table next to whistleblower and IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley.
In his testimony before the oversight committee on Wednesday, Ziegler identified himself as a “gay Democrat married to a man” and said his actions were not politically motivated.
He “equated the experience of becoming a whistleblower with “the feelings I felt when I came out.”
“It was honestly one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to go through, a contemplative scenario, so it would have been extremely unfortunate,” he said.