House GOP sues in bid to force Justice Department lawyers to testify as part of impeachment inquiry

House Republicans filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force two Justice Department lawyers to testify about the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden as part of the chamber’s impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

The lawsuit — filed in Washington’s federal court — comes as the impeachment inquiry is all but winding down, with the Republican ranks lacking the political appetite to go forward with an actual impeachment after producing no hard evidence of presidential wrongdoing.

The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee wants the court to order two rank-and-file Justice Department tax division attorneys to comply with subpoenas demanding that they answer questions about Hunter Biden. The lawsuit says their failure to testify is impeding the Committee’s inquiry into claims that the Justice Department mishandled and “slow walked” the investigation into the president’s son.

“To craft effective legislative reforms and to determine whether President Biden has committed an impeachable offense, it must have all the facts,” the lawsuit says.

A Justice Department spokesperson said Thursday that it is “committed to working with Congress in good faith,” adding that the department already took the “extraordinary step” of making six senior officials available to testify.

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