McCarthy has launched an impeachment inquiry. Will Biden be impeached? If so, what will happen in the Senate?
From The Epoch Times. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced on Sept. 12 that the House will open an impeachment inquiry to investigate the possible involvement of President Joe Biden in the business dealings of his son Hunter Biden.
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“House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct. Taken together these allegations paint a picture of a culture of corruption,” Mr. McCarthy said.
“Today I am directing our house committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. This logical next step will give our committees, the full power to gather all the facts and answers for the American public,” Mr. McCarthy said.
The investigation will be led by Reps. James Comer (R-Ky.), Jason Smith (R-Mo.), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the chairmen of the oversight, ways and means, and judiciary committees, respectively.
“We will go wherever the evidence takes us,” Mr. McCarthy. …
White House spokesman for oversight and investigations Ian Sims called the move “extreme politics at its worst.”
“House Republicans have been investigating the President for 9 months, and they’ve turned up no evidence of wrongdoing,” Sims wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “His own GOP members have said so. He vowed to hold a vote to open impeachment, now he flip-flopped because he doesn’t have support.” …
The House Oversight Committee has an ongoing investigation into the Biden family and their alleged foreign business schemes. Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said on Sept. 7 that emails from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) were the “final straw” that would generate enough votes in the House to open an investigation.
The agency admitted in August that it held a large number of emails reportedly sent by President Joe Biden under pseudonymous email accounts while he was vice president, according to the conservative nonprofit Southeastern Legal Foundation. …
Mr. McCarthy’s announcement came on the day the House resumed session following a nearly seven-week summer break. It is also 19 days from a government shutdown if the House and Senate cannot pass the 12 required appropriations bills to fund operations beyond Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year.
Mr. McCarthy alleged that President Biden lied to the American people about his knowledge of his family’s foreign business dealings. The speaker said that witnesses have testified that President Biden joined a number of phone calls and had other interactions that resulted in the flow of millions of dollars into the business accounts of Hunter Biden and his business partners. …
Some Republicans Cautious
The announcement marks an abrupt change from Mr. McCarthy’s statement less than two weeks ago that no impeachment inquiry would be opened without a vote on the House floor. …
Such a vote may have had difficulty gaining the 218 votes needed for passage in the narrowly divided House, where Republicans hold just 222 seats.
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) has voiced caution about proceeding toward impeachment. “The time for impeachment is the time when there’s evidence linking President Biden—if there’s evidence linking President Biden—to a high crime or misdemeanor. That doesn’t exist right now.” …
Focus of Inquiry
The inquiry into the Bidens’ business dealings has centered on Hunter Biden’s alleged use of his father’s name and influence as then-vice president to extract payments from foreign business entities—and what, if any, involvement President Biden may have had in those exchanges.
On May 10, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability released a number of documents that, they alleged, depicted a money laundering scheme involving millions of dollars from foreign entities passing on to President Joe Biden and nearly a dozen members of his family. …
On July 31, Devon Archer, an associate of Hunter Biden, appeared at a closed-door hearing of the committee and said that President Joe Biden had spoken to his son’s business associates on multiple occasions. Mr. Archer and Hunter Biden both served on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company.
Mr. Archer said the Biden family “brand” helped to preserve Burisma by making people “intimidated to mess with them.” …
For Mr. Comer, the testimony was proof that President Biden had been untruthful about the matter. “Devon Archer’s testimony today confirms Joe Biden lied to the American people when he said he had no knowledge about his son’s business dealings and was not involved.” …
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(Excerpt from The Epoch Times. Photo Credit: Anna Moneymaker and Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)