House panel subpoenas Hunter Biden for closed-door testimony; Contempt threat rejected by Democrats
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House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Hunter Biden to testify in closed-door deposition about his overseas business deals.
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Hunter Biden wants to testify publicly, but committee chairman Rep. James Comer rejected that and threatens contempt if he defies subpoena.
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Biden's lawyer calls closed-door testimony an attempt to "distort the facts and misinform the public."
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If Biden defies subpoena, House could vote to hold him in contempt and recommend criminal prosecution.
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Top Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin called the contempt threat "a joke," saying the GOP chairman doesn't want the truth.