Impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden

Impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden
President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the 2023 State of the Union Address
Date12 September 2023 – present
(1 year, 1 month, 3 weeks and 1 day)
LocationU.S. House of Representatives
AccusedU.S. President Joe Biden

On September 12, 2023, Kevin McCarthy, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, announced an impeachment inquiry into president Joe Biden.[1]

Background

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Three committes will run the investigation: the House Judiciary Committee, the House Oversight Committee, and the House Ways and Means Committee.[2] James Comer, chairman of the Oversight committee, will lead the investigation.

On September 1, 2023, McCarthy promised in an interview with Breitbart News that he would hold a floor vote on opening an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.[3]

The inquiry happened even though the U.S. House investigation into Biden and some family members, had not found evidence of wrongdoing by the president.[4][5][6][7]

McCarthy started the impeachment inquiry to because the far-right-wing members of the House's narrow Republican majority said they would vote him out as speaker if he did not.[8][9]

On December 13, 2023, the House of Representatives voted 221–212 to create an official impeachment inquiry against Biden related to the business deals of his son, Hunter.[10][11]

Responses

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Some Republican members of Congress, including Shelley Moore Capito, Mitt Romney, Ken Buck, Dave Joyce, and Don Bacon, said that they have not seen any evidence that could justify an impeachment inquiry.[12][13][14]

Biden said that he was not focused on the impeachment inquiry. He said that the Republicans "want to impeach me because they want to shut down the government".[15]

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries promised to defend Biden "until the very end" and said that the impeachment inquiry was almost like a kangaroo court.[16]

References

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  1. ↑ Broadwater, Luke (September 12, 2023). "McCarthy, Under Threat From Right, Orders Biden Impeachment Inquiry". The New York Times. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  2. ↑ Fox, Melanie Zanona,Haley Talbot,Lauren (2023-09-12). "McCarthy calls for formal impeachment inquiry into Biden | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2023-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Brooks, Emily (September 1, 2023). "McCarthy says he won't open impeachment inquiry without House vote". The Hill.
  4. ↑ Broadwater, Luke (May 10, 2023). "House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ Demirjian, Karoun (July 4, 2023). "Republicans Are Divided on Impeaching Biden as Panel Begins New Inquiry". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ Perry Stein; Devlin Barrett; Matt Viser (August 17, 2023). "How a fight over immunity unraveled Hunter Biden's plea deal". The Washington Post.
  7. ↑ Otten, Tori (September 12, 2023). "McCarthy Plans Biden Impeachment Inquiry—With No Evidence and Not Enough Votes". The New Republic.
  8. ↑ Scott, Rachel; Faulders, Katherine; Hutzler, Alexandra; Pecorin, Allison. "McCarthy orders impeachment inquiry into Biden amid pressure from hard-liners". ABC News. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  9. ↑ Zurcher, Anthony (September 12, 2023). "Biden impeachment inquiry: McCarthy says House will investigate president". BBC News. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  10. ↑ Diver, Tony; Staff, Our Foreign (2023-12-13). "US House votes to open Biden impeachment inquiry". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  11. ↑ Rebecca Beitsch, Emily Brooks (2023-12-13). "House formally approves Biden impeachment inquiry". The Hill. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  12. ↑ "7 skeptical Republicans to watch on impeaching Biden". Washington Post. September 13, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Senate GOP says House lacks evidence for impeachment". The Hill. September 12, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Senate Republicans Haven't Caught Impeachment Mania—Yet". The New Republic. September 13, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Biden makes first comments on McCarthy's impeachment inquiry as his advisers go on the offensive". CNN. September 13, 2023.
  16. ↑ Schnell, Mychael (2023-09-12). "Jeffries: Impeachment inquiry is 'kangaroo court, fishing expedition and conspiracy theater'". The Hill. Retrieved 2023-09-12.