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Martin Pengelly in Washington

White House on Republican plan for Biden to testify on impeachment: ‘LOL’

a man in a blue suit and blue tie speaks from behind a lectern
The Republican chair of the House oversight committee said he intended to invite Joe Biden to testify in his own impeachment hearing. Photograph: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A White House spokesperson poured cold water on Republicans’ stated intention to invite Joe Biden to testify in public in his own impeachment hearings, lamenting “a sad stunt” and telling the rightwing congressman steering the effort: “Call it a day, pal.”

James Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chair of the House oversight committee, has led attempts to impeach the president over alleged corruption involving the business dealings of his son Hunter Biden.

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