Hunter Biden caved and agreed to Republican demands for a closed-door deposition as the GOP moves forward with holding him in contempt following his shock made-for-TV appearance on Capitol Hill in blatant defiance of their subpoena.

His agreement is contingent upon the GOP sending a new subpoena for his testimony. The GOP’s original subpoena came in November, before the House’s December 13 vote to formally authorize the Biden impeachment inquiry.

‘If you issue a new proper subpoena, now that there is a duly authorized impeachment inquiry, Mr. Biden will comply for a hearing or deposition,’ Hunter’s attorney Abbe Lowell wrote Friday in a letter to Republicans obtained by DailyMail.com.

[I guess Hunter’s media strategy backfired, eh? The White House has reportedly been aghast at the provocative stunts that Hunter and Lowell keep conducting, and the scene on Capitol Hill this week may have been the last straw. Hunter’s going to take the Fifth anyway, so why not just get it over with and get this out of the headlines? — Ed]