Hunter Biden turned down a House Republican offer to testify publicly with former business colleagues next week on Wednesday. His lawyer called the request a "carnival side show."
After Biden testified for a nearly seven-hour deposition last month, his lawyer, Abbe Lowell, criticized Republicans' attempts to bring his client before a public hearing in a letter acquired by the AP. "Your latest step ... is not a serious oversight proceeding," Lowell said in a letter. "It is your attempt to resuscitate your Conference's moribund inquiry with a made-for-right-wing-media, circus act."
Rep. James Comer, the head of the House Oversight Committee, extended an invitation to three of Biden's former business acquaintances this week; these individuals are presently dealing with their own legal issues. "Your idea of congressional 'fact-finding' is, amazingly, to have Mr. Biden appear with the discredited 'witnesses' you continue to promote," Lowell said.
The main focus of the committee's 14-month probe of the Biden family's activities abroad, which included work in China and the Ukraine, has been Hunter Biden. Republicans have failed to provide proof of any wrongdoing by President Biden during his time in public service, despite the fact that legislators have discovered unethically dubious activity by the president's son and other family members.
Hunter Biden and his attorney demanded late last year that he attend for a public hearing rather than a private deposition, claiming worries that GOP senators might manipulate his questioning. This led to the invitation being withdrawn.
In the end, the parties decided on a sit-down testimony and a public hearing. However, Lowell said that his client would only show up for a hearing if it was a "legitimate exercise of congressional authority" and examined attempts made by former President Trump's family members to sell their father's name while he was in office.
After Biden testified for a nearly seven-hour deposition last month, his lawyer, Abbe Lowell, criticized Republicans' attempts to bring his client before a public hearing in a letter acquired by the AP. "Your latest step ... is not a serious oversight proceeding," Lowell said in a letter. "It is your attempt to resuscitate your Conference's moribund inquiry with a made-for-right-wing-media, circus act."
Rep. James Comer, the head of the House Oversight Committee, extended an invitation to three of Biden's former business acquaintances this week; these individuals are presently dealing with their own legal issues. "Your idea of congressional 'fact-finding' is, amazingly, to have Mr. Biden appear with the discredited 'witnesses' you continue to promote," Lowell said.
The main focus of the committee's 14-month probe of the Biden family's activities abroad, which included work in China and the Ukraine, has been Hunter Biden. Republicans have failed to provide proof of any wrongdoing by President Biden during his time in public service, despite the fact that legislators have discovered unethically dubious activity by the president's son and other family members.
Hunter Biden and his attorney demanded late last year that he attend for a public hearing rather than a private deposition, claiming worries that GOP senators might manipulate his questioning. This led to the invitation being withdrawn.
In the end, the parties decided on a sit-down testimony and a public hearing. However, Lowell said that his client would only show up for a hearing if it was a "legitimate exercise of congressional authority" and examined attempts made by former President Trump's family members to sell their father's name while he was in office.
