Negotiations for Deposition Pause House’s Vote on Hunter’s Contempt Charge

House Republicans have pushed back a vote to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena as they negotiate to have President Joe Biden’s son appear for a closed-door deposition.

The vote on the contempt charge was scheduled for Thursday, but Politico reported that the House Rules Committee decided to delay it during its Tuesday meeting.

A spokesperson for the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability told Politico that negotiations with Hunter Biden’s attorneys are ongoing to schedule his appearance.

Hunter Biden was subpoenaed by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and House Judiciary Committee for a closed-door deposition in November but defied the subpoena. He later made a brief appearance at an Oversight hearing on the resolution to hold him in contempt.

On Friday, Biden’s attorney Abbe Lowell notified House leaders his client would appear for a closed-door deposition if he was issued new subpoenas. Oversight Chair James Comer, R-Ky., and Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, replied in a letter on Sunday to Lowell that they will issue new subpoenas.

Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings are central to the impeachment inquiry.