Hunter Biden lawyer testifies that 1st Trump impeachment created 'emergency' to file unpaid taxes

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Hunter Biden’s lawyer Kevin Morris told congressional investigators that it was the first impeachment of then-President Trump in February 2020 that made it an "emergency" for the president’s son to file his tax returns, according to a transcript of his testimony reviewed by Fox News Digital.

Morris testified behind closed doors at the House Oversight Committee last week as part of the House impeachment inquiry against President Biden.

Congressional investigators had discovered an email from Morris in February 2020 citing "political risk" amid the election cycle, when then-former Vice President Joe Biden was a candidate in the Democratic primary.

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The email, which was shown to Morris during his interview, was dated Feb. 7, 2020, and said, "emergency is off for today. Still need to file Monday — we are under considerable risk personally and politically to get the [tax] returns in."

When asked what the emergency was, Morris pointed to the Trump impeachment, in which Republicans had threatened to call Hunter Biden to testify.

"You know, I believe that, you know, remember that the Trump impeachment process was going on at this time," Morris said. "And they were waiving around the possibility of calling Hunter…right until the very end. I believe that