Hunter Biden to testify behind closed doors in Republican impeachment inquiry

Hunter Biden is set to testify today behind closed doors in the flailing Republican impeachment inquiry into his father, President Joe Biden.

For months, Hunter Biden said he would only testify in public in the probe, in order to avoid Republicans taking his words out of context in the way they then present it to the public.

The president’s son has only agreed after his attorneys negotiated several conditions that Republicans accepted.

While other witnesses, including Biden family members, have been filmed during their depositions, Hunter Biden will not be. A transcript, with sensitive information redacted, will also be released soon after the hearing, possibly within 24 hours, to counteract any selective leaks from the hearing.

The president’s son has faced an increase in attacks from congressional Republicans ever since the party took the House majority in January 2023, after narrowly winning the 2022 midterms.

Now, he will appear before the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees – helmed by Rep Jim Jordan of Ohio and Rep James Comer of Kentucky respectively – on Wednesday.

Mr Comer has said that a public hearing will also take place after the deposition, but no plans have been made for such a hearing yet,CNN noted.

Hunter Biden’s interview is the most vital moment for the troubled probe so far as Republicans have failed to turn up any evidence that the president acted corruptly.

Even some House Republicans don’t believe the impeachment inquiry is the right thing to prioritise right now.

The probe has put much of its focus on Mr Biden’s foreign business dealings, attempting to find connections to the president via meetings where he allegedly met his son’s business associates – several of whom have testified