The director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons is scheduled to testify later this month about horrific allegations made by a witness in the GOP House's impeachment inquiry of President Biden

The witness asserts that he was retaliated against to prevent his testimony, according to the House Judiciary Committee's announcement on Thursday.

The hearing is scheduled for July 23 and will focus on the testimony of bureau Director Colette Peters and the witness' allegation of retaliation in connection with his testimony regarding the business dealings of first son Hunter Biden, according to Just The News.

A committee letter obtained by Just the News alleges that the witness, Jason Galanis, was sexually assaulted and harassed by a BOP staff member and was denied confinement under the CARES Act while in prison.

This is in response to a request from the committee overseeing the impeachment inquiry in early March to interrogate Peters when he testified that his home confinement request was denied, despite his being continually sexually assaulted.

Galanis' Sentencing

Galanis was a former business associate of Hunter Biden and was instrumental in the development of Burnham, a firm, in collaboration with Devon Archer, another partner of Biden.

Galanis and Archer were ultimately convicted as a result of their involvement in a tribal bonds deception scheme. Galanis was sentenced to 189 months in prison for his involvement in the conspiracy.

Hunter Biden, the vice chairman of the firm, was not prosecuted alongside his partners and has since disassociated himself from the organization, according to Just the News.

After the House Oversight Committee summoned Archer to testify in the impeachment inquiry on June 12, 2023, according to the letters, the Justice Department ultimately rejected Galanis' request for home confinement under the terms of the CARES Act.

More Requests

Following the initial approval of his requests by the former Pensacola facility commandant and the Residential Reentry Management office in California on June 9, a Justice Department official reportedly expressed her "strongest objection" to the decision, resulting in the reversal.

The new Pensacola facility Warden, Sheri Saulsberry, rejected Galanis' appeal of the ruling.

Another appeal that was made further up the chain was met with another denial from the federal Bureau of Prisons Central Office.

Galanis was informed of the decision the day after the impeachment committees apprised the bureau of its intention to interview him, according to the committee.

Previous Testimony

The committee heard Galanis' February testimony that a Pensacola facility employee sexually assaulted him while he was in the process of requesting home confinement.

The individual then proceeded to sexually harass him “for many months thereafter, including lewd comments and attempts to get me alone where there were no cameras,” Galanis alleges.

"I believe that, based on the events I've described, much of which is memorialized in writing, that I've been the victim of a pattern of retribution by the Department of Justice in order to prevent my home confinement, which would have allowed full and free access to congressional investigators,” Galanis said.