House GOP puts one major condition on Hunter Biden's offer to testify to Congress
by Reese Gorman, Congressional Reporter
December 01, 2023 02:31 PM
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to Hunter Biden's lawyer pushing back on his attempt to not sit for a closed-door deposition and instead appear before a public hearing.
As part of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, Comer subpoenaed Hunter Biden, the president’s son, to sit for a deposition before the committee, which would take place behind closed doors and be led by committee staff. But last week, Hunter Biden’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, said that Hunter Biden wouldn’t sit for a closed-door deposition and would only testify publicly before the committee.
The letter, co-signed by Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), sent to Lowell pushes back on their request and demands that Hunter Biden sit for a deposition, but the committee will welcome a public hearing after the fact.
“We appreciate your confirmation that Mr. Biden is available and willing to testify on December 13,” the letter reads. “Pursuant to the terms of the subpoenas, the Rules of the House of Representatives, and the respective Committee rules, this testimony will occur initially in a deposition setting, as has been the consistent practice of Committees of the House of Representatives in recent Congresses — during both Republican and Democrat majorities — as well as these Committees during this inquiry.”
“We also appreciate your confirmation that Mr. Biden is willing to testify at a public hearing. We look forward to his testimony in a hearing at the appropriate time,” the letter continued.
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