‘Baseless and Misleading’: Comer and Jordan Blast Hunter Biden’s Attorney in Fiery Response Letter

Representatives James Comer (R., Ky.) and Jim Jordan (R. Ohio) blasted Hunter Biden’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, after the legal representative suggested the legislators “use closed-door sessions to manipulate, even distort the facts and misinform the public.”

“Your recent letter makes several baseless and misleading assertions that we are compelled to clarify. It implies that the Committees have no valid legislative purpose for these subpoenas. Any such assertion is incorrect,” the two influential House Republicans wrote in a letter obtained by National Review on Friday afternoon. “You also suggest that there is no evidence to support a finding that Mr. Biden’s business dealings implicate the official actions of his father. This is contrary to the facts already established through the investigation the president’s son would be willing to testify publicly before Congress,” the duo added.

“Your letter is merely an extension of your coordinated campaign to discredit the allegations against Mr. Biden, distort the truth, and attack the integrity of witnesses against Mr. Biden.”

Their response, also sent to Representatives Jamie Raskin (D., Md.) and Jerrold Nadler (D., N.Y.), comes after Lowell confirmed on Tuesday that Hunter Biden was willing to appear before a congressional panel, instead of participating in a private deposition, citing Comer and Jordan’s lack of credibility. “We therefore propose opening the door,” the attorney wrote, “rather than subscribing to your cloaked, one-sided process.”

“Your Committee has been working for almost a year — without success to tie our client’s business activities to his father,” Lowell continued before concluding, “Your empty investigation has gone on too long wasting too many better-used resources. It should come to an end.”

The president’s son has filed several lawsuits in recent months as part of a broader counter-offensive pushing back against mounting pressure, including one notably challenging his indictment on federal gun charges, citing political bias at the hands of Republicans pressuring federal prosecutors.

Both the Oversight and House Judiciary Committees, chaired by Comer and Jordan, respectively, are contemplating an impeachment case against President Biden stemming from whether he benefited from Hunter’s foreign business dealings during his time in the Obama White House. In recent weeks, both committees have shown that the then-vice-president Biden received a $200,000 personal check from his brother, James, after the latter received the identical amount from his now-bankrupt healthcare business, Americore. The White House has insisted the check was a “loan repayment” and does not reflect any nefarious dealings.

“Hunter Biden is trying to play by his own rules instead of following the rules required of everyone else. That won’t stand with House Republicans,” Comer told National Review in a statement earlier this week. “Our lawfully issued subpoena to Hunter Biden requires him to appear for a deposition on December 13. We expect full cooperation with our subpoena for a deposition but also agree that Hunter Biden should have opportunity to testify in a public setting at a future date.”

In early November, House Republicans subpoenaed Hunter Biden as part of the broader impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.