House GOP pauses plans to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress

House Republicans have paused their attempts to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress as they try to schedule the president’s son to appear and testify.

Mr Biden’s lawyers and the House Judiciary and Oversight committees have restarted conversations about a date when that might happen, according toPolitico.

It comes a week after the Republican-led committees voted to recommend that Mr Biden be held in contempt by the full House for defying a subpoena in the GOP impeachment efforts of his father.

Hunter Biden has offered to testify in public, which has so far been rejected by Republicans, but has refused to take part in any behind-closed-doors hearings.

A spokesperson for the Oversight Committee GOP told Politico that they were working with Mr Biden’s lawyers on a date for him to appear.

“Negotiations are ongoing this afternoon, and in conjunction with the disruption to member travel and canceling votes, the House Rules Committee isn’t considering the contempt resolution today to give the attorneys additional time to reach an agreement,” said the spokesperson.

An oversight meeting earlier this month descended into farce when Hunter Biden and his lawyers showed and offered to testify – if it was in public – up just as Republican members were castigating him for not being willing to show up and testify. Mr Biden and his team walked out just as Marjorie Taylor Greene got up to speak.

Republicans have focused on business deals involving Hunter Biden but have so far failed to provide any evidence that Joe Biden did anything as vice president or president to benefit his family through those business dealings. Meanwhile, Democratic members of Congress have published evidence showing that Donald Trump’s hotel properties