House votes to authorize Biden impeachment inquiry
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The House has voted to formalize its impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Wednesday, taking a critical step that GOP leaders have argued is necessary to force the White House into complying with their investigation. The measure passed 221 to 212.
"We are now at a pivotal moment in our investigation. We will soon depose and interview several members of the Biden family and their associates about these influence peddling schemes. But we are facing obstruction from the White House," Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said on the House floor ahead of the vote.
"The White House is seeking to block key testimony from current and former White House staff. It is also withholding thousands of records from Joe Biden's time as Vice President. President Biden must be held accountable for his lies, corruption, and obstruction. We have a duty to provide the accountability and transparency that Americans demand and deserve."
The House voted on authorizing an impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Wednesday evening(Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The GOP-led committees on Oversight, Ways & Means and the Judiciary have been investigating Biden over accusations he had leveraged his office of vice president in the Obama administration to enrich his family through foreign businesses.
It's been heavily centered on one of the president's brothers, James Biden, and his son, Hunter Biden — who is under federal investigation for tax and firearm-related charges.
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., directed the House to open an impeachment inquiry into Biden in September, but the White House has dismissed the probe as illegitimate without a formal vote on the matter.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told Fox News Digital that the White House "requested" the House vote itself.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., is moving forward with the inquiry vote(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
"The White House sent a letter…saying that the subpoenas [Republicans] had served will not be honored and won't even be recognized without a full vote of the House. So our speaker has done exactly what I would expect he would do as a lawyer. We're going to honor that. We're going to go ahead and do a full floor vote," Emmer said. "He knows we're probably going to have to go to court to enforce these anyway, so might as well eliminate any of the objections that they have."
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, told Fox News Digital that Republicans were undertaking their vote because they recognize the gravity of impeachment proceedings.
"We don't want to minimize what it means to have an impeachment, which I think is what the Democrats did. We want to be able to have that tool to be a significant tool to hold presidents accountable," she said. "We don't want it just to be a knee jerk reaction."
Judiciary Committee member Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., said similarly, "I think the House Republicans will follow the facts where they lead…will make sure that we have the facts, and that we present the facts to the American people."
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, spoke to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The vote comes hours after Hunter Biden made a surprise appearance outside of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning.
He had been scheduled to appear for a closed-door deposition with the Oversight Committee, but instead he delivered a brief statement to reporters on his father's professed innocence before departing Capitol Hill altogether.
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They must now issue another subpoena.
US attorney Matthew Graves prepare yourself for a contempt citation for Hunter Biden.
Trump is off topic.
Good thing Joe wears depends, he is probably peeing himself.
He is still counting on Garland to do nothing.
He would be correct. Garland has proven himself to be nothing more than a Democrat tool.
I'm certain he won't enforce subpoenas for Hunter the way he did for Bannon and Peter Navarro. It was an unusual prosecution. Evidently the law only applies to Trump associates.
joe should cut to the chase and pardon hunter. maga wouldn't have a problem with that...
That day may come. For now, they have Garland.
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... that's meaningless, just ask jim jordan.
Could be worse. He could be on the SCOTUS.
A bullet dodged ……
I'm sure that is part of the reason he was selected for AG. He must hold great animus towards Republicans for that.
History will not “judge” him well ……
As soon as the universities are cleansed, we'll have an accurate recording of history.
Btw Joe, you may want to make a deal with the House Republicans on that foreign aid bill before they leave for Christmas break.
Somebody should tell him.
I hope they delay it forever.
Brandon will never agree to do anything to actually enforce our borders or immigration laws; and we don't need to increase the national debt or inflation any more by sending more money to Ukraine and Israel.
The border will be a millstone around Brandon's neck come election time. Why even make the attempt at baling him out?
It may just turn out that way. Joe is a slave to the most vocal & powerful part of the democrat party: the far left.
It was another tough day for the Bidens.
Our friends on the left opened Pandora’s box, twice, and now it’s time for their wailing and gnashing of teeth to begin. Oh my lord, oh the humanity!