Jordan threatens contempt in probe of alleged prison bureau retaliation against impeachment witness

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Friday threatened contempt of Congress for the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons if the agency fails to turn over documents and give testimony related to its treatment of Biden impeachment witness Jason Galanis. 

Galanis, who testified in the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden earlier this year, told the committee that he faced retaliation by components of the Biden Department of Justice and the BOP after it became likely he would be called to tell congressional investigators about his business relationship with first son Hunter Biden.

Galanis is a former business partner of Hunter Biden who was closely involved in a building the a firm called Burnham alongside another partner of Biden’s, Devon Archer. The plans would not come to fruition because both Galanis and Archer were charged in a fraudulent tribal bonds scheme, for which Galanis is currently serving his sentence. Galanis told Congress the fraudulent scheme was designed to to build the financial platform for a business with the Biden family. 

Jordan previously sent a subpoena to BOP Director Colette Peters in April for three categories of documents related to the bureau’s treatment of Galanis. The bureau responded by saying her forthcoming testimony in June would fulfill the committee’s request for information. 

“However, your testimony did not provide the Committee with all the information necessary for its investigation,” Jordan wrote in the letter. 

You can read the letter below: 

During her testimony, Jordan says, Peters refused to answer “basic questions” from members about the alleged sexual assault and bureau’s denial of Galanis’ application for home confinement under the rules of the cares act. 

In his interview with Congress earlier this year, Galanis told investigators he believes was a victim of retaliation by the Justice Department for his cooperation with the impeachment probe. 

The DOJ apparatus ultimately denied Galanis’ request for home confinement under CARES Act rules after the Oversight Committee subpoenaed his former business partner, Archer, to testify on June 12, 2023, Just the News previously reported. 

“The Committee previously outlined our concerns about BOP’s denial of Mr. Galanis’s home confinement application under these circumstances, as it gives the appearance that BOP has targeted him for ‘retribution’ and is an effort to suppress his testimony about the Biden family’s influence peddling scheme,” Jordan wrote. 

“As a result, the Committee requires your full compliance with our April 26 subpoena to you compelling the production of documents related to BOP’s treatment of Mr. Galanis,” he said. “If you remain out of compliance with the Committee’s subpoena, the Committee may consider taking further action, such as the invocation of contempt of Congress proceedings.”