President Joe Biden’s son may publicly testify before the House Oversight Committee on Dec.13, according to a new letter from his lawyer.
The Committee subpoenaed Hunter Biden on Nov. 8, calling on the First Son to appear for a closed-door interview as part of an inquiry into the Biden family's business dealings and a potential presidential impeachment.
“Your Committee has been working for almost a year—without success—to tie our client’s business activities to his father,” wrote Abbe Lowell, Hunter Biden’s lawyer, in a Nov. 28 letter addressed to Chairman James Comer. “We have seen you use closed-door sessions to manipulate, even distort the facts and misinform the public. We therefore propose opening the door. If, as you claim, your efforts are important and involve issues that Americans should know about, then let the light shine on these proceedings.”
According to Lowell, the Oversight Committee has subpoenaed other members of the Biden family including James Biden and his wife, Beau Biden’s widow Hallie, and Hunter Biden’s current wife Melissa Cohen. They’ve also subpoenaed the art gallerist who “endeavors to help Hunter earn a living.”
“Your empty investigation has gone on too long wasting too many better-used resources. It should come to an end,” wrote Lowell. “All you will learn is that your accusations are baseless. However, the American people should see that for themselves.”
With support from the Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees, the Oversight Committee is seeking information about how the Bidens conducted business both domestically and internationally to determine if they used their political and governmental influence for financial gain. The Committee wants to determine if and how the Biden family may have compromised national security.
“The House Oversight Committee has followed the money and built a record of evidence revealing how Joe Biden knew, was involved, and benefited from his family's influence peddling schemes,” Comer told ABC News in a statement in early November. “Now, the House Oversight Committee is going to bring in members of the Biden family and their associates to question them on this record of evidence."
The Committee has already heard evidence from other whistleblowers who have provided details about the Bidens’ influence peddling. Two whistleblowers from the Internal Revenue Service investigated Hunter Biden for tax evasion and testified about the Department of Justice’s efforts to protect him and his father. The investigators also confirmed that the Biden family set up 20 shell companies – primarily during President Joe Biden’s tenure as Vice President – and that members of the family and their associates received over $10 million from foreign nationals.
“We are glad that Hunter Biden has decided to cooperate and we look forward to hearing from him in a deposition on December 13 and subsequently at a public hearing,” wrote Congressman Jim Jordan, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, in a post on X.
