Hunter Biden rebuffs Republicans' invitation to appear for a public hearing
Hunter Biden has rejected an invitation from House Republicans to appear for a public hearing next week alongside former business associates
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden on Wednesday rejected an invitation from House Republicans to appear for a public hearing next week alongside former business associates, an inquiry his attorney dismissed as a “carnival side show.”
In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Abbe Lowell, the president's son's attorney, blasted Republicans' efforts to bring his client before a public hearing after he had sat for a nearly seven-hour deposition last month.
“Your latest step—this March 6 invitation—is not a serious oversight proceeding,” Lowell said in the letter. “It is your attempt to resuscitate your Conference’s moribund inquiry with a made-for-right-wing-media, circus act."
The invitation sent last week from Rep. James Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, included three of Biden's former business associates, all of whom are currently facing their own legal challenges.
