Hunter Biden has offered to testify publicly before the House Oversight Committee on Dec. 13, according to a letter obtained by Fox News.
The president’s son agreed to comply with a subpoena issued by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., according to the letter sent to the committee Tuesday, but he is demanding that the testimony be public.
The subpoena was for a closed-door deposition rather than a public hearing, sources told Fox News.
“We have seen you use closed door sessions to manipulate, even distort the facts and misinform the public. We therefore propose opening the door,” Hunter’s attorney Abbe Lowell wrote. “If, as you claim, your efforts are important and involve issues that Americans should know about, then let light shine on the proceedings.”
First Lady Jill Biden with Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden, attends her granddaughter Maisy Biden’s graduation from the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field on May 15, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Comer subpoenaed the president’s son, the president’s brother James Biden and his business associated Rob Walker earlier this month as part of the Republican-led investigation into the Biden family’s business dealings.
The committee has also sought interviews from James Biden’s wife, Sara Biden; President Biden’s daughter-in-law, Hallie Biden, the widow of President Biden’s son, Beau, who later was romantically involved with Hunter; Hallie Biden’s older sister, Elizabeth Secundy; and Hunter Biden’s wife, Melissa Cohen.
The committee also requested a transcribed interview with Hunter Biden’s former business associate, Tony Bobulinski, who was also involved in Sinohawk Holdings.
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House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Lowell previously said Hunter is “eager to have the opportunity” to testify “in a public forum,” where he will answer GOP allegations that he leveraged his father’s positions in government to make business deals and sell influence.
In the letter Tuesday, Lowell slammed the GOP probe as part of a “crusade” to impeach President Biden.
“Here we are, eleven months into your so-called investigation, and every objective review of your ‘revelations’ — including by some of your colleagues — has declared your exploration as one turning up only dry holes,” Lowell wrote.
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President Joe Biden and son Hunter. Republicans have alleged that Hunter Biden used his father’s positions in government to secure lucrative business deals and profit the family through influence peddling. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
The attorney accused Republicans of holding a double standard for not pursuing investigations into former President Donald Trump and his family’s businesses, which Lowell noted were maintained while Trump was in office.
“Your Committee has been working for almost a year — without success — to tie our client’s business activities to his father,” he wrote to Comer.
“Unlike members of the Trump family, Hunter is a private person who has never worked in any family business nor ever served in the White House or in any public office. Notwithstanding this stark difference, you have manipulated Hunter’s legitimate business dealings and his times of terrible addiction into a politically motivated basis for hearings to accuse his father of some wrongdoing,” the letter reads.
Lowell urged Comer to hold a public hearing, where Biden would be able to address the GOP allegations without “selective leaks, manipulated transcripts, doctored exhibits, or one-sided press statements.”
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Fox is told the committee has not decided whether to take up Lowell on his offer.
As of right now, the closed door deposition is still scheduled for Dec. 13.
Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
