Hunter Biden flanked by his attorneys Kevin Morris (L) and Abbe Lowell (R)
Hunter Biden agreed to testify to Congress after the Home Judiciary Committee permitted a decision to carry him in contempt of Congress.
Congressional Republicans beforehand subpoenaed Hunter Biden for a closed-door deposition associated to his influence-peddling and household corruption.
Hunter Biden final month mentioned he would solely testify “at a public hearing.”
Earlier this week Hunter made a shock appearance on Capitol Hill as lawmakers convened a listening to prematurely of the vote to carry the primary son in contempt. Later that day Republicans voted to approve a contempt decision.
The Committee voted alongside occasion line 23-14 to approve the decision after Hunter Biden defied a subpoena and refused to testify in a closed-door deposition.
The total Home of Representatives is predicted to vote on the decision to carry Hunter in contempt early subsequent week.
#NEWS: The Home Judiciary Committee permitted the decision to carry Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress.
— Home Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) January 10, 2024
Hunter’s lawyer blasted James Comer and Jim Jordan on Friday.
“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 in a letter to the Republican lawmakers on Friday.
“We will accept such a subpoena on Mr. Biden’s behalf.”
Hunter’s legal professional Abbe Lowell warned Chairmen James Comer and Jim Jordan that their subpoenas have been “legally invalid and cannot form a legal basis to proceed with your misdirected and impermissible contempt resolution.”
Excerpt from CNBC:
An legal professional for Hunter Biden mentioned Friday that the president’s son will adjust to congressional subpoenas for a deposition with Republican investigators in the event that they situation a brand new one — a reversal of his prior demand that testimony be given at a public listening to.
Lowell’s provide got here on the finish of an eight-page letter criticizing Home Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, for passing the contempt resolutions regardless of Biden’s insistence that he was keen to testify in public.
“You proceeded with a contempt process, erroneously claiming Mr. Biden was seeking ‘special treatment,’ despite Mr. Comer’s repeated and public statements about witnesses’ and Mr. Biden’s ability to testify at a deposition or hearing at their choice,” Lowell wrote.
The legal professional instructed Comer and Jordan that he was writing the letter to “make you aware … that your subpoenas were and are legally invalid and cannot form a legal basis to proceed with your misdirected and impermissible contempt resolution.”
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