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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.

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good luck, Captain Dipshit. You've spent years, and millions of tax dollars failing to find dirt on him, and you're going ahead with it anyway. And you wonder why the majority of this country find you to be less than intelligent.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It's par for the course after investigating the Clintons for nearly 30yrs and only coming up with Billy cheating on his wife. Bidens the new Clinton's as far as Republicans are concerned.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] ZeroCool@feddit.ch 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There is no such thing as a reasonable republican anymore. And frankly, it's debatable if any of them ever even made it through the Reagan era.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I like to imagine a future where Biden's impeachment leads to President John Fetterman and VP AOC.

[–] ZeroCool@feddit.ch 11 points 2 years ago

Republicans are utterly useless. What's he being investigated for? "huuurrr we dunno... stuff!" Great job, Kevin.

[–] Mammal@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think we all understand this for the empty nothing-burger it is. That said: Hunter Biden testifying before congress would be hilarious! At least a month of Republicans complaining about how Hunter is rich, attractive, has a huge shlong, does drugs, gets any job he wants, and has women lined up to bang him on-demand.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Facking spineless weasel.

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

What an incredible dumbass.

[–] skabbywag02@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Such a waste of time and money....

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


“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.

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 had been weighing whether to use an impeachment inquiry vote as a bargaining chip in the funding negotiations.


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