House GOP sues in bid to force Justice Department lawyers to testify as part of impeachment inquiry

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Associated Press

House Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking to force two Justice Department lawyers to testify about the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden as part of the chamber’s impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The lawsuit comes as the impeachment inquiry is all but winding down, with the Republican ranks lacking a political appetite to go forward with an actual impeachment. It’s rare for the Justice Department to have rank-and-file attorneys give congressional testimony. And the Justice Department has said it has already taken “extraordinary steps” to rebut claims of political interference in the investigation into the president’s son. Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty to gun and tax charges filed after the implosion of a plea deal that would have spared him jail time.