Hunter Biden Agrees to Testify Before Congress if GOP Issues ‘New Proper’ Subpoena

Hunter Biden is willing to appear before the House Oversight Committee — provided a new subpoena is issued as his legal team argues the one he is potentially going to be held in contempt for avoiding is not legally valid.

"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. We will accept such a subpoena on Mr. Biden’s behalf," Abbe Lowell, Hunter Biden's lawyer, said in a letter to top House Republicans running the impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden.

Hunter Biden's attorneys argued that the subpoena issued for his testimony late last year was invalid because the chamber had yet to pass a resolution officially opening the impeachment inquiry. The offer from Hunter Biden comes as the GOP is on the verge of holding him in contempt of Congress for skipping out on a deposition in the probe last month.

Republicans announced Friday that the House will vote on the contempt charges against Hunter Biden next week, and multiple sources have told The Messenger that Republican leadership is confident it has the votes to pass the resolution

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., criticized the Republican move to hold the president's son in contempt given his latest offer to testify, telling The Messenger that Republicans have a "central decision to make."

"Do they want Hunter Biden to testify or are they just looking for an issue to flog over the next several months?" Raskin said on Friday. "At this point, I was convinced Hunter Biden had rendered 98% compliance as of yesterday. And as of today, he is in 100% compliance."

Republicans last month voted to formalize their impeachment inquiry into the president. The decision to hold such a vote came after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., unilaterally opened the probe in September. Conservatives for months after that argued a formal House vote was not needed to commence the investigation, but turned course under Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

Amie Parnes contributed reporting