Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he is directing a House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden over his family’s business dealings.
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy has said he is directing a House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into US President Joe Biden over his family’s business dealings, launching historic proceedings ahead of the 2024 election.
The Republican leader is once again at a political crossroads – trying to keep his most conservative legislators satisfied and prevent his own ouster. “This is a transparent effort to boost Donald Trump’s campaign by establishing a false moral equivalency between Trump – the four-time indicted former president” and Mr Biden, who faces “zero evidence of wrongdoing whatsoever”, said Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.
Republicans contend the Justice Department has not fully probed the allegations against Hunter Biden, and say he received preferential treatment in what they call a sweetheart plea deal that recently collapsed.President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden The White House has insisted Mr Biden was not involved in his son’s business dealings.
Mr Comer wants to understand the State Department’s views of former Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin, whom Mr Biden and many Western allies wanted removed from office because of allegations of corruption.
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