by John Solomon
In a dramatic about-face, Hunter Biden’s lawyers told Congress on Friday that the first son will agree to sit for a deposition or public hearing in his father’s impeachment inquiry.
Attorney Abbe Lowell informed House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of his client’s decision, but asked that a new subpoena be issued since Congress formally approved an impeachment inquiry since Hunter Biden was first asked to be interviewed.
“If you issue a new proper subpoena, now that there is a duly authorized impeachment inquiry, Mr. Biden will comply for a hearing or deposition,” Lowell wrote. “We will accept such a subpoena on Mr. Biden’s behalf.”
Last week, House Republicans under Comer’s leadership moved to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress over his failure to appear for a closed-door deposition under subpoena from the committees.
Instead, the first son appeared outside of the Capitol to denounce the Republican impeachment inquiry into his father and his family’s foreign business dealings. He also pointedly refused to appear for the closed-door interview and demanded a public hearing.
The news from Hunter Biden’s lawyer comes as Rep. Steve Scalise, the GOP House Majority Leader, announced on Friday in a post to X that the chamber would take a vote to hold Hunter Biden in contempt after the Oversight and Judiciary Committees approved the resolution earlier this week along party lines.
Now that Hunter Biden’s lawyer has notified the committees that his client will accept a new subpoena to testify after the formal impeachment inquiry authorization, it remains to be seen if the Republican House will proceed with its contempt vote next week.
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John Solomon is an award-winning investigative journalist, author and digital media entrepreneur who serves as Chief Executive Officer and Editor in Chief of Just the News.
