Hunter Biden is prepared to provide testimony before the House Oversight Committee, but he insists that it must be conducted in a public setting, as conveyed in a letter from his attorney to Republican lawmakers on Tuesday.

Chairman James Comer of the House Oversight Committee had issued a subpoena earlier in the month, scheduling Hunter Biden’s deposition for December 13.

In the letter penned by Abbe Lowell, Biden’s attorney, there are allegations that Chairman Comer selectively leaked information obtained from closed-door depositions with other witnesses as part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

“We have seen you use closed-door sessions to manipulate, even distort the facts and misinform the public,” Lowell wrote to Comer. “We therefore propose opening the door.”

“Your empty investigation has gone on too long wasting too many better-used resources. It should come to an end,” Lowell continued. “Consequently, Mr. Biden will appear at such a public hearing on the date you noticed, December 13, or any date in December that we can arrange.”

On November 8, Comer revealed a series of subpoenas directed at members of the president’s family, which encompassed Hunter Biden, brother James Biden, and former business associate Rob Walker, ABC News reported.

The subpoenas mandated their presence for depositions.

“The House Oversight Committee has followed the money and built a record of evidence revealing how Joe Biden knew, was involved, and benefited from his family’s influence peddling schemes,” Comer said in a statement earlier this month. “Now, the House Oversight Committee is going to bring in members of the Biden family and their associates to question them on this record of evidence.”

In an extensive memorandum, the White House alleged that House Republicans were misusing their authority to engage in a disparaging campaign against the president and his family.

Written by B.C. Begley