亨特·拜登愿意作证根据他的律师周二写给共和党议员的一封信，在众议院监督委员会面前，但只是在公开场合。
众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·卡莫(James Comer)本月早些时候发出传票，要求在12月13日罢免亨特·拜登。在他的信中，拜登的律师阿贝·洛厄尔指控卡莫在他正在进行的调查中选择性地泄露了与其他证人闭门作证的信息控告对总统的调查乔·拜登.
洛厄尔在给卡莫的信中写道:“我们已经看到你利用闭门会议来操纵，甚至歪曲事实，误导公众。”。“因此，我们提议打开大门。”
“你的空洞调查已经进行了太久，浪费了太多本该更好利用的资源。它应该结束了，”洛厄尔继续说道。“因此，拜登先生将在你注意到的日期，即12月13日，或我们可以安排的任何日期，出席这样的公开听证会。”
11月8日，卡莫宣布了一系列针对总统家庭成员的传票，包括亨特·拜登、詹姆斯·拜登兄弟和前亨特·拜登商业伙伴罗布·沃克，要求他们出庭作证。
2023年7月26日，美国总统乔·拜登的儿子亨特·拜登抵达特拉华州威尔明顿的j·凯勒·博格斯联邦大楼。
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“众议院监督委员会一直在跟踪这笔钱，并建立了一份证据记录，揭示了乔·拜登是如何知道、参与并受益于他家族的影响力兜售计划的，”卡莫在本月早些时候的一份声明中说。“现在，众议院监督委员会将传唤拜登家族成员及其助手，就这份证据记录对他们进行质询。”
洛厄尔当时称传票是一种“政治噱头”，并补充说，“尽管如此，亨特渴望有机会在一个公共论坛上，在适当的时候，与委员会讨论这些问题。”
卡莫的弹劾调查一直受到批评——甚至来自一些共和党人——声称对拜登近一年的调查仍然没有产生足够的弹劾证据。
在一份冗长的备忘录中，白宫指责众议院共和党人滥用权力，对总统及其家人进行诽谤，称他们在未能拿出证据支持他们的指控后，正在“向墙扔意大利面条”。
Hunter Biden agrees to appear before House Oversight Committee – but only in public: Lawyer
Hunter Bidenis willing to testifybefore the House Oversight Committee -- but only in public, according to a letter his attorney wrote to Republican lawmakers on Tuesday.
Chairman James Comer of the House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena earlier this month to depose Hunter Biden on Dec. 13. In his letter, Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Biden, accused Comer of selectively leaking information from closed-door depositions with other witnesses in his ongoingimpeachmentinquiry into PresidentJoe Biden.
"We have seen you use closed-door sessions to manipulate, even distort the facts and misinform the public," Lowell wrote to Comer. "We therefore propose opening the door."
"Your empty investigation has gone on too long wasting too many better-used resources. It should come to an end," Lowell continued. "Consequently, Mr. Biden will appear at such a public hearing on the date you noticed, December 13, or any date in December that we can arrange."
Comer announced a slew of subpoenas on Nov. 8 targeting members of the president's family, including Hunter Biden, brother James Biden, and former Hunter Biden business associate Rob Walker, demanding they appear for depositions.
"The House Oversight Committee has followed the money and built a record of evidence revealing how Joe Biden knew, was involved, and benefited from his family's influence peddling schemes," Comer said in a statement earlier this month. "Now, the House Oversight Committee is going to bring in members of the Biden family and their associates to question them on this record of evidence."
Lowell called the subpoenas a "political stunt" at the time, adding, "Nevertheless, Hunter is eager to have the opportunity, in a public forum and at the right time, to discuss these matters with the Committee."
Comer's impeachment inquiry has been marked by criticism -- even from some Republicans -- claiming the nearly yearlong investigation into Biden has still not produced sufficient evidence for impeachment.
In a lengthy memo, the White House accused House Republicans of abusing their power to conduct a smear campaign against the president and his family, saying they are "throwing spaghetti" at the wall after failing to produce evidence to support their allegations.
