Hunter Biden said he would voluntarily return to Congress and testify alongside Donald Trump Jr. after Republican Sen. John Curtis called for a Senate investigation into whether presidential family connections have generated private financial benefits, preferential treatment or foreign access.
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Hunter Biden responded Tuesday to a Republican senator’s call for congressional testimony from both him and Donald Trump Jr. by saying he would appear voluntarily and challenging members of President Donald Trump’s family to testify alongside him.
“Sen. Curtis of Utah has suggested that Don Jr. and I should testify before Congress. I say bring it on,” Biden wrote in a post on X. “I’ve already given more than seven hours of sworn testimony. More than three dozen witnesses testified across two chambers.”
“I had no foreign business dealings while my father was president. None. I painted paintings, and I still do,” former President Joe Biden’s son continued. “I’ll sit next to Don Jr. and testify any time, any place.”
“Eric and Jared can join us too,” he added. “No need for a subpoena. Let’s all do it tomorrow.”
The response followed a request from Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, for the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate whether relatives of presidents have used family relationships to obtain private financial benefits, preferential treatment or access for domestic or foreign interests.
Curtis sent his request to Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking Democrat Dick Durbin of Illinois. He specifically urged the committee to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden over their business dealings, foreign relationships, gifts and other benefits.
“The country should not have to accept one standard for the family of a Republican president and another for the family of a Democratic president,” Curtis wrote. “Nor should congressional oversight begin and end when control of the White House changes hands.”
Curtis said an investigation should determine whether presidential relatives received financial advantages because of their family connections and whether existing ethics, disclosure and anti-corruption laws adequately address such circumstances.
His letter cited Hunter Biden’s previous business relationships involving entities and individuals in China and Ukraine while Joe Biden was vice president or seeking the presidency. Hunter Biden has faced years of congressional scrutiny over those dealings and testified under oath in a February 2024 deposition conducted jointly by the House Oversight and Judiciary committees. The official transcript confirms the deposition was part of the House impeachment inquiry into then-President Biden and an examination of potential changes to federal ethics and financial-disclosure laws involving presidential family members.
Curtis also pointed to recent scrutiny surrounding Trump Jr. following reporting that Russian businessman Umar Kremlev helped finance portions of the celebrations surrounding Trump Jr.’s May wedding to Bettina Anderson in the Bahamas.
ProPublica reported that Kremlev paid hundreds of thousands of dollars toward the festivities, including multiple nights on a private island and a fireworks display. Trump Jr. and his wife acknowledged Kremlev hosted two nights of celebrations but described the spending as an “extraordinarily generous wedding gift from a friend” and said the friendship did not have a political motive.
Curtis said reports about such foreign relationships “raise legitimate questions about foreign access to members of a sitting president’s family and whether such a relationship can create actual or perceived expectations of favorable treatment.”
His push for testimony was first reported by The Hill.
Hunter Biden’s response quickly turned combative as he engaged with critics beneath his post.
In separate exchanges, he referred to commenters as a “douche bag,” “fucking hypocrites” and “morons.”
One user told Biden, “Go smoke some crack and fuck off.”
Biden responded by referencing accusations of hypocrisy among his critics.
“No. I’m good. I’ll stay right here and remind all of you what a bunch of fucking hypocrites you are,” he replied.
Another commenter challenged Biden over his artwork, writing, “You painted $500K paintings that nobody buys for that anymore.”
Biden rejected the accusation.
“That’s a fucking lie. Every painting I ever sold while my Dad was President is public. Every single dollar accounted for. Every buyer,” Biden wrote.
“I made an average of $220k per year from painting while my Dad was President. It’s all a part of the public record. Let’s see the Trump family do the same,” he added.
Those statements are Biden’s characterization of his art sales and disclosure record.
His broader claim that he had no foreign business dealings while his father was president also specifically addresses the period of Joe Biden’s presidency rather than Hunter Biden’s earlier foreign ventures, which were among the subjects examined during the House investigation.
Curtis’s proposal is notable because it explicitly seeks scrutiny of relatives from both political parties rather than limiting the inquiry to the Biden family.
The Utah senator’s letter asks lawmakers to examine whether presidential relatives’ business activities, relationships with foreign individuals and organizations, gifts or other benefits created actual or perceived expectations of favorable treatment.
No Senate Judiciary Committee subpoena compelling either Hunter Biden or Trump Jr. to testify had been issued as of the request.
Hunter Biden, however, made clear that at least in his case he does not believe one is necessary.
“I’ll sit next to Don Jr. and testify any time, any place,” he said. “No need for a subpoena. Let’s all do it tomorrow.”
Grassley Says Senate Judiciary Will Weigh Curtis Push to Subpoena Trump Jr., Hunter Biden
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said he will review a Republican colleague’s request to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden, leaving open the possibility of congressional testimony examining whether members of presidential families have benefited financially from their proximity to power.
Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, asked Grassley and the committee’s ranking Democrat, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, to investigate both men and compel them to testify about business relationships, foreign contacts, gifts and other benefits.
Grassley, R-Iowa, stopped short of committing to either subpoenas or a hearing but said he intends to evaluate Curtis’s proposal with committee staff.
“I think the fact is that it takes time, and if you were going to ask me when you’re going to have a hearing, there’s no way I could answer that today,” Grassley told Punchbowl News.
“I’m going to take his request seriously and sit down with staff and see what we can do.”
Grassley’s comments mark a shift from his initial response Tuesday, when he told reporters he had not yet read Curtis’s letter. The Judiciary Committee has also indicated that its remaining hearing schedule for 2026 is limited.
Curtis’s request followed a ProPublica investigation reporting that Russian businessman Umar Kremlev paid hundreds of thousands of dollars toward events surrounding Trump Jr.’s May wedding to Bettina Anderson in the Bahamas, including a private-island rental and fireworks display.
Trump Jr. and his wife subsequently acknowledged Kremlev’s role in hosting two nights of celebrations, describing it as “an extraordinarily generous wedding gift from a friend” and rejecting suggestions that the arrangement had a political motive. President Donald Trump has said his son told him he intended to repay Kremlev.
Curtis argued that the situation deserved the same type of congressional scrutiny Republicans previously applied to Hunter Biden’s foreign business relationships.
“A toaster is a wedding gift. A private-island party paid for by a Putin-connected oligarch is something else. Republicans nearly wore out the subpoena machine investigating Hunter Biden’s foreign relationships. We should not unplug it now. ‘Trust us’ was not enough then, and it is not enough now.
“Americans deserve confidence that public institutions serve them — not presidents, political parties, wealthy interests, or members of powerful families,” Curtis continued. “Congress has an obligation to pursue credible concerns wherever they lead and without regard to party.”
Curtis asked the committee to examine what he described as “the use of presidential family relationships for private financial benefit, preferential treatment, or access by domestic and foreign interests.”
His letter specifically requested subpoenas for Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden to answer questions about past business dealings, relationships with foreign individuals or organizations, gifts and other benefits, and any circumstances in which their relationship to a president may have created private value.
Curtis cited longstanding questions surrounding Hunter Biden’s business activities in China and Ukraine while Joe Biden was vice president or seeking the presidency. Hunter Biden previously gave more than seven hours of sworn testimony during the House Republican investigation into his family’s business dealings.
Curtis’s proposal would apply that scrutiny to Trump Jr. as well, including questions raised by the Kremlev relationship.
ProPublica reported that Kremlev, who has ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, helped pay for significant portions of the celebrations surrounding the Trump Jr. wedding and attended events with other Russian guests. Trump Jr. and his wife have described Kremlev as a friend and said the assistance was personal rather than political. The reporting and Curtis’s request do not by themselves establish that Trump Jr. provided any official favor or took government action in exchange for the expenditures.
Grassley’s response also comes after other Republicans expressed openness to examining the matter. Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina have said they would support or consider an investigation, while Durbin has backed Curtis’s call for scrutiny.
The next decision rests largely with Grassley as Judiciary chairman.
For now, he has neither scheduled a hearing nor committed to issuing subpoenas, but his statement that he will “take his request seriously” keeps Curtis’s proposed investigation of both presidential families under active consideration.
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