President Biden's troubled son Hunter Biden is in Washington but House investigators say they remain in the dark over whether he will show up for a deposition about his father's involvement in his business deals. Republican lawmakers conducting an impeachment inquiry into whether President Biden engaged in influence-peddling scheduled a closed-door deposition with his son on Wednesday morning, ordering him to appear under subpoena.
House lawmakers advanced a resolution Tuesday to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, setting up a floor vote as early as Wednesday to formally endorse an investigation into whether Mr. Biden engaged in influence peddling with his family while serving as vice president.
A House panel investigating President Biden's involvement in an influence-peddling scheme produced new bank records tying him to his family's foreign business deals.
President Biden, the subject of an impeachment inquiry examining his involvement in his family's hugely profitable business deals with China, will face President Xi Jinping this week in a meeting fraught with political risks.
House lawmakers Thursday issued scores of subpoenas in the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, including to an art gallery owner selling Hunter Biden's paintings and a wealthy Democratic donor who bought his artwork.
A forensic accountant, a constitutional scholar and a former Justice Department tax supervisor will be the first witnesses Thursday when the House launches the impeachment inquiry into President Biden.