WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, finally got his chance to question the president’s son, Hunter Biden, in a closed-door hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden being led by Jordan and other House Republicans.

Hunter Biden had vowed he would only testify in public in order to avoid any leaks taking his words out of context. Under the threat of being held in contempt of Congress, though, he testified Feb. 28 in a closed-door session, under the condition that his deposition not be filmed and that a transcript be released as soon as possible.

In a written opening statement, Hunter Biden attacked the House Republicans’ investigation into his father for alleged influence peddling, writing,

“I did not involve my father in my business. Not while I was a practicing lawyer, not in my investments or transactions domestic or international, not as a board member, and not as an artist. Never…You do not have evidence to support the baseless and MAGA-motivated conspiracies about my father because there isn’t any.”

Rep. Jordan disagreed in a FOX interview before the deposition.

“There’s a pattern with the Biden family. Hunter Biden goes out and tries to get business but the agreements and the deals never get done until Joe Biden shows up,” Jordan said.

Democrats on the Judiciary and Oversight Committees, both investigating Joe and Hunter, emerged from the initial rounds of questioning to declare that no new information or wrongdoing by the president was uncovered.

“The hearing is what previous impeachment inquires have been about: nothing. They have no evidence,” said Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, who sits on the Oversight Committee. “The evidence shows that President Biden is not guilty of any crime at all and so this is just a waste of time, especially as we’re on the verge of another government shutdown.”

Democrats said Hunter Biden did not invoke his fifth amendment right to remain silent during the initial several hours of questioning.

“Hunter Biden is answering the questions that are being asked,” Brown said.

The impeachment inquiry suffered a major setback this month when a witness to the Republicans’ case against the president, Alexander Smirnov, was charged with lying to the FBI when he said Hunter and Joe Biden each accepted a $5 million bribe from a Ukrainian energy company. The government also accused Smirnov of having links to Russian intelligence.

Jordan has shrugged off the charges.

“It is what it is. Doesn’t change the fundamental facts,” he told reporters on Feb. 21.

It’s not clear exactly when the transcript of the questioning—with certain details redacted—will be released, but Democrats said they hoped it would be made public soon so the public can judge for itself whether this impeachment investigation has any merit.