Hunter Biden refuses to attend House hearing with former business associates

 Hunter Biden refuses to attend House hearing with former business associates

Hunter Biden refuses to attend House hearing with former business associates

Hunter Biden will not attend a House Oversight Committee hearing next week regarding alleged influence peddling and the Biden family's business dealings, his lawyer said in a letter Wednesday.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., invited Hunter Biden, Tony Bobulinski, Devon Archer and Jason Galanis to testify at a public hearing on March 20 at 10 a.m. 

All four individuals have already testified behind closed doors as part of the impeachment inquiry, but Comer said the public hearing would "examine inconsistencies among the witnesses’ testimonies in order to get the truth for the American people."

But on Wednesday, Biden attorney Abbe Lowell sent a letter to Comer, blasting the hearing and the investigation altogether, and rejecting the invitation to what he called a "carnival side show."