The House Rules Committee voted Tuesday to send a resolution to the full House to authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, setting up a vote on the measure for Wednesday in the narrowly divided lower chamber.
The House panel voted 9-4 along party lines to advance the resolution, with every Democrat opposing the measure.
The resolution of the impeachment inquiry is expected to be decided on Wednesday, two sources previously told The Post.
“We’re here to insist on process, not outcome,” said Rules Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) in his opening remarks, adding that Republicans were simply following the “precedent” set by Democrats during the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump in 2019.
Cole said the resolution merely “formalizes” efforts already underway in the House Ways and Means, Judiciary and Oversight Committees “to give the House the strongest legal position to obtain the necessary information and enforce subpoenas.”
The House Rules Committee voted on Tuesday to pass a resolution authorizing an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, setting up a vote tomorrow in the narrowly divided lower house. AP “We’re here to insist on process, not outcomes,” said Rules Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) in his opening remarks. AP
Republicans are targeting the president over corruption allegations involving the foreign business ventures of his son Hunter and brother James Biden during his time as vice president.
House Rules Committee Ranking Democrat Jim McGovern of Massachusetts disagreed with Coles’ assessment that the resolution was just the beginning of the process.
“We are not here to start proceedings,” he said, describing it as “a shocking weaponization of the impeachment process by MAGA extremists who are dead set on doing anything and everything they can to help elect Donald Trump.
“There is a dismissal investigation from Day One that has been carried out,” he said.
“There is a dismissal investigation from Day One that has been going on,” said Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.). AP
Other Democrats on the panel argued that no high crimes and misdemeanors had been charged and that ongoing impeachment investigations lacked transparency and were often conducted behind closed doors rather than in front of the American public.
But House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a news conference Tuesday at the Capitol said the White House had given Republicans “no choice” in launching the impeachment by repeatedly avoiding interview and records requests.
“The dismissal investigation is necessary now, as we, as [House Majority] whip [Tom] Emmer [R-Minn.] just clarifying, because we’ve found this impasse, where following the facts where they’re leading is hitting a stone wall because the White House is blocking the investigation right now,” Johnson told reporters.
McGovern said the move toward possible impeachment is being driven by those who will do “anything and everything they can to help elect Donald Trump.” Matthew McDermott
“They did not allow witnesses to come forward and [holding back] thousands of pages of documents.”
House Republicans are seeking access to thousands of pseudonymous emails Biden sent as vice president to share information about his official duties with his son and business partners.
They also demanded depositions requested by the House Judiciary Committee after two IRS whistleblowers accused key officials of meddling in the five-year investigation into Hunter Biden.
Cole said the resolution merely “formalizes” efforts that have been underway in the House Ways and Means, Judiciary and Oversight Committees. AP
GOP lawmakers have uncovered millions of dollars flowing from foreign entities to members of the Biden family through “shell companies” run by Hunter’s first son and associates — during and shortly after his father’s term as vice president.
That includes more than $6 million in payments to Hunter Biden and first brother James Biden from CEFC China Energy in 2017 and another $3.5 million from Moscow first lady Yelena Baturina to entities linked to Hunter in 2014.
In the same year, Kazakhstani Kenes Rakishev also bought Hunter Biden a $142,000 sports car, and Vadym Pozharsky, owner of Burisma Holdings, began paying his first son $1 million a year to sit on the Ukrainian gas company’s board of directors — despite having no energy experience. related.
Biden spoke with a foreign business associate of Hunter’s son on the phone at least 22 times, Hunter’s former business associate alleged. AP
Another $1 million from corrupt Romanian oligarch Gabriel Popoviciu ended up being deposited into nine different bank accounts of Biden family members.
Hunter Biden’s former business partner Devon Archer testified to the House Oversight Committee earlier this year that Joe Biden spoke with his son’s foreign business partner at least 22 times on the phone — and had dinner together several times while he was vice president.
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) also issued $240,000 in checks paid directly to the president from Hunter and James Biden that he claimed were “laundered” from foreign entities.
According to a Harvard CAPS-Harris poll last month, 60% of Americans now believe “Joe Biden is aiding and abetting Hunter Biden’s business.” Saquan Stimpson – CNP
Last week, President Biden denied any involvement in alleged influence peddling schemes by members of his family, saying he had “not” met with any business contacts of his son or brother.
“I’m not. And it’s just a bunch of lies. They’re lying. I’m not. That’s a lie,” he told Post reporters at the White House.
According to a Harvard CAPS-Harris poll last month, 60% of Americans now believe “Joe Biden is aiding and abetting Hunter Biden’s business.”
Some House Republicans have recently expressed skepticism about how strong the case for impeachment against the president is, although they support continuing their congressional investigation.
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