What to watch for out of Hunter Biden’s closed-door depositions with Republicans on Capitol Hill

Hunter Biden has been the focus of Republicans in Congress since they won the majority over a year ago.

Now, they finally get their chance to interrogate President Joe Biden’s son about his foreign business dealings.

Hunter Biden is appearing behind closed doors before the House Oversight and Judiciary committees on Wednesday, an appearance that only came after months of public sniping and tense negotiations.

The appearance of the president’s son marks the most important testimony to date in the Republican-led impeachment inquiry of Joe Biden. But it comes at the same time that the impeachment probe – already struggling to turn up any evidence of Joe Biden’s involvement in his son’s business dealing – is now grappling with an even bigger blow after a former FBI informant who alleged Ukrainian entities paid millions of dollars in bribes to Biden and his son is now facing federal criminal charges that he fabricated the story.

There’s already serious doubts about the impeachment effort among some House Republicans, and Hunter Biden’s testimony may represent impeachment investigators’ last chance to convince skeptical colleagues inside the GOP conference.

Republicans have tried to move past the FBI informant’s allegations, and they say that Hunter Biden won’t be the final witness in their investigation.

“This is an important interview in our investigation, but it is not the end. There are more subpoenas and more interviews to come,” the House Oversight Committee posted on X on Tuesday.

Regardless, Hunter Biden’s appearance is expected to create a spectacle on Capitol Hill, even as he will be testifying behind closed doors.

While Hunter Biden had insisted for months that he would only testify in public and