House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday he is directing House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, amid pressure from some hard-right members of the Republican caucus to do so.
The inquiry would center on whether Biden benefited from his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings, among other issues, McCarthy said.
“These are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption and warrant further investigation by the House of Representatives,” McCarthy told reporters Tuesday morning. “That’s why today I am directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.”
McCarthy spoke for three minutes, did not take any questions and left the lectern shortly after making his remarks. McCarthy has previously said he would not launch an inquiry without a vote by the full house.
The House faces a critical Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. McCarthy has been trying to hang on to support for a funding bill from far-right GOP lawmakers, who have been pushing to impeach Biden.
Republican leaders have been weighing whether to use an impeachment inquiry vote as a bargaining chip in the funding negotiations. But it’s not certain that Republicans have the necessary 218 votes to pass it. Some lawmakers are staunchly against it, and McCarthy has said that an impeachment inquiry would occur through a vote on the House floor, as opposed to his unilateral decision-making.
lol this is just going to happen every term where the other party impeaches the president they don’t like
this is such generic bullshit, of course he helped his kid, every president does something that could be characterized as ‘abuse of power’ or ‘obstruction’ or ‘corruption’. that’s what congress does EVERY DAY
Biden’s kid never worked in government and Trump is a traitor, way different shit going on.
Technically, he did. He was appointed to the Amtrak board by George W. Bush.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hunter-biden-amtrak-tom-carper-joe-biden-2024-beau
So, explain to me how having your daughter get patents in China and your son-in-law getting billions of dollars while working directly for the president while father/father-in-law was in office is the same as Hunter working for the Amtrak board around 20 years ago.
You have inside information on Biden, “helping his kid, every president does something that could be characterized as ‘abuse of power’ or ‘obstruction’ or ‘corruption’”? Comer even admitted they have nothing and can’t provide any evidence of their claims. Give them a call, homey. They desperately need something.
🎵 One of these things is not like the others… 🎵 🎶
Honestly I haven’t seen any evidence where he improperly took care of his kid, or profited from his kid in any way. Like, there’s nothing.