House Republicans call Hunter Biden and business associates to testify in public Biden impeachment hearing

The Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee has invited Hunter Biden and a handful of his associates to testify at a public hearing as part of its flailing investigation into PresidentJoe Biden.

The committee is investigating allegations that the president was involved in his son’s business dealings and used his political influence to enrich his family – a claim central to Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into the president.

The probe, however, has so far turned up little evidence to support the claims.

Now, Oversight Committee Chair James Comer has announced that he extended an invite to the president’s son to testify at a hearing titled “Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden’s Abuse of Public Office” on 20 March.

In the announcement on Wednesday, Mr Comer said he “fully” expects the president’s son to attend.

The committee also invited three of his business associates — Devon Archer, Tony Bobulinski, Jason Galanis — to testify.

All four have already testified behind closed doors, but the committee wrote that this hearing will “examine inconsistencies among the witnesses’ testimonies in order to get the truth for the American people”.

In a statement, Mr Comer wrote that, during his interview, “Hunter Biden confirmed evidence about Joe Biden’s involvement, yet his testimony conflicts with other witnesses’ testimonies”.

“The American people deserve the facts about the Biden family’s corrupt influence peddling and Oversight Republicans will work to ensure accountability and press for answers to inform legislative solutions to prevent this abuse of power,” he continued.

Hunter Biden, left, son of President Joe Biden, arrives with attorney Abbe Lowell at the O'Neill House Office Building for a closed-door