Marjorie Taylor Greene Cut Off by Jim Jordan at Press Conference

Footage of Marjorie Taylor Greene appearing to be cut off by House Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan during an impromptu press conference has been widely shared on social media, receiving more than one million views.

Jordan and James Comer, the Oversight Committee chair, spoke to reporters after Hunter Biden defied a House subpoena to give closed-door testimony to Republicans investigating his father, insisting he would only appear if the proceeding was public.

On Wednesday House Republicans formally authorized an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over claims he improperly benefited from his son's business connections, with not a single GOP representative voting against. The president has consistently denied any involvement with his son's commercial activities and insists the impeachment bid is politically motivated. In a statement he said: "House Republicans are not joining me. Instead of doing anything to help make Americans' lives better, they are focused on attacking me with lies."

During his unofficial press conference with Jordan, Comer claimed they had "found cheques from one of Hunter Biden's shell companies that were going into an account for Joe Biden monthly." The White House has previously insisted the money was for a loan repayment.

Greene, standing to one side, then added: "I would have liked to have asked Hunter Biden about Mann Act violations, sex trafficking women…"

At this point she was interrupted by Jordan, who ended the conference, saying: "Thank you all very much, thank you."

Unperturbed Greene continued "across state lines, that would have been a good question. You don't seem to care about that though."

Greene did not provide any evidence that Hunter Biden has violated the 1910 Mann Act, which covers human trafficking. Newsweek has reached out to the congresswoman for comment by telephone and voicemail message, and Hunter Biden via a legal representative.

The incident was widely shared on X, formerly Twitter, with Ron Filipkowski, editor-in-chief of "pro-democracy" media outlet Meidas Touch, posting a 13-second clip and commenting: "Marge Greene tries to butt into Comer and Jordan's press conference and Jordan cuts her off and they walk away."

The official Meidas Touch X account shared a slightly longer clip, adding: "Marjorie Taylor Greene tries to hijack the end of James Comer and Jim Jordan's impromptu Hunter Biden press conference to berate the press for not asking about sex trafficking. Comer and Jordan do not seem amused and Jordan cuts her off and walks away."

Between them the two clips have received more than one million views.

Footage was also shared by Mike Sington, a former NBC Universal executive with over 120,000 X followers, who wrote: "Even the MAGA Republicans are repulsed by her. Press conference abruptly ended by Jim Jordan when Marjorie Taylor Greene starts shouting out nonsense from the sidelines."

In a joint-statement Comer and Jordan vowed to launch contempt of Congress proceedings against Hunter Biden, commenting: "We will not provide special treatment because his last name is Biden."

Speaking outside Congress earlier Hunter Biden repeated his offer to testify but only if the proceedings are made public, stating: "For six years, I have been the target of the unrelenting Trump attack machine shouting 'Where's Hunter?' Well, here is my answer, I am here."