There is never an uneventful day on Capitol Hill.
On Tuesday, September 12, U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy directed three committees in the U.S. House of Representatives to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The inquiry, which will launch without a vote, will be led House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith.
“I am directing our House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Over the past several months, House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct—a culture of corruption,” McCarthy stated.
McCarthy and his colleagues have been investigating the business dealings of President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, for several months. The Republican lawmaker has not publicly unveiled definitive evidence regarding his investigation, but he has declared that he has , uncovered “serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct.”
“I do not make this decision lightly,” McCarthy said.
“Regardless of your party, or who you voted for, these facts concern all Americans.”
McCarthy’s decision to open a formal impeachment inquiry has not been met with open arms by those affiliated with the Biden-Harris administration.
“House Republicans have been investigating the President for 9 months, and they’ve turned up no evidence of wrongdoing His own GOP members have said so,” White House spokesperson Ian Sams wrote.
“He vowed to hold a vote to open impeachment, now he flip flopped because he doesn’t have support. Extreme politics at its worst.”
