House could punt Hunter Biden contempt vote if president’s son will ‘genuinely cooperate’

Published January 15, 2024 12:35pm ET



The House Oversight Committee will recommend that House leadership not hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress if he shows a willingness to comply with the new subpoena they are expected to issue.

Hunter Biden was first subpoenaed in November to sit for a deposition in December as part of House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, but he defied the subpoena and did not sit for his deposition and instead read a statement to the media outside the Capitol saying he would only testify in a public hearing.

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