Roger Stone will testify before the House Intelligence Committee next month as part of the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, his lawyer told Politico Tuesday.

Stone, a former Trump campaign adviser and frequent defender of the president, will appear in a closed hearing on July 24 but is requesting a public hearing to address contacts he had with Russian hackers and WikiLeaks, Politico reported.

Stone’s lawyer, Robert Buschel, said the House committee told him “they’re done with public” hearings.

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Stone told Politico in an email that he wanted an open hearing to testify against statements made by Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida Hillicon Valley: Productivity, fatigue, cybersecurity emerge as top concerns amid pandemic | Facebook critics launch alternative oversight board | Google to temporarily bar election ads after polls close Trump pledges to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, designate KKK a terrorist group in pitch to Black voters MORE campaign chairman John Podesta. Podesta testified before the committee on Tuesday.

“With John Podesta appearing before the committee I do feel it is essential that I have the opportunity to rebut his serial lies,” Stone said in an email to Politico. “I may not be able to sue a member of Congress but I sure as hell can sue the f--- out of Podesta. The claim that I had knowledge of the hacking of his email by WikiLeaks in advance is a demonstrable lie.”

Stone admitted in March that he had briefly spoken to the hacker who leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC).