House Republicans say they will re-subpoena Hunter Biden in coming weeks

House Republicans said Sunday that they intend to issue new subpoenas for President Joe Biden’s son Hunter in the coming weeks after his lawyers agreed to comply with a “proper” subpoena if it was requested.

“As an accommodation to Mr. Biden and at your request, we are prepared to issue subpoenas compelling Mr. Biden’s appearance at a deposition on a new date in the coming weeks,” House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, wrote in a letter to the president’s son lawyer, Abbe Lowell.

The Sunday letter responds to Lowell’s Friday message offering to accept a “new proper” subpoena should Comer and Jordan decide to issue one.

In their reply, Comer and Jordan said they would take Lowell up on Biden’s “newfound willingness to testify.”

Hunter Biden in December agreed to give public testimony but refused a congressional subpoena to testify behind closed doors, sending House Republicans into a fury. Comer and Jordan led an effort to hold Biden in contempt of Congress for defying the December subpoena, which Congress will vote on next week.

In his Friday letter, Lowell called the initial subpoenas legally invalid because they were issued before the presidential impeachment inquiry that they served was formalized, which Comer and Jordan denied on Sunday.

“To be clear, the issuance of these subpoenas does not in any way suggest or imply that the Committees believe the assertions in your January 12 letter to have any merit,” Comer and Jordan wrote.

Lowell also criticized Jordan and Comer for pursuing a vote to hold Biden in contempt for defying an…