Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have invited Hunter Biden and several of his former business associates to testify publicly before Congress, setting a March 20 hearing following last week’s closed-door deposition of the president’s son.
The invitation comes after Hunter Biden spent more than six hours answering questions from GOP investigators who have been leading the charge to impeach his father— an event that failed to deliver a smoking gun for the investigation.
The hearing, titled “Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden’s Abuse of Public Office,” also aims to include Biden’s former business partner Devon Archer, as well as two other former business associates.
Hunter Biden in his deposition strongly pushed back against GOP investigators, arguing their impeachment investigation was a farce that would be unable to connect his father with his business dealings, let alone any wrongdoing.
“I am here today to provide the committees with the one uncontestable fact that should end the false premise of this inquiry: I did not involve my father in my business. Not while I was a practicing lawyer, not in my investments or transactions domestic or international, not as a board member, and not as an artist. Never,” Hunter Biden said in an opening statement.
“My testimony today should put an end to this baseless and destructive political charade.”
At another point, Hunter Biden sought to highlight that his father was unaware of any of his dealings with Chinese business leaders.
“I will probably say this 1,000 times, my father had absolutely no knowledge of, no involvement in, had no — any way was – awareness of my business relationship with Jonathan Li,” he said.
Biden’s attorney did not immediately respond to request for comment.
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