{"id":5706,"date":"2023-09-19T17:02:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T17:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5706"},"modified":"2023-09-19T17:02:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T17:02:49","slug":"house-schedules-first-biden-impeachment-inquiry-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5706","title":{"rendered":"House schedules first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Republican-led House Oversight Committee announced its first impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is scheduled for Sept. 28, next Thursday.<\/p>\n

The impeachment inquiry committee will have the power to subpoena records and communications to dig up evidence and will likely be a thorn in Biden\u2019s side heading into the 2024 election year.<\/p>\n

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., last week directed three House Committees to lead the inquiry, pointing to evidence that the president\u2019s son, Hunter Biden, and his associates allegedly received millions of dollars from foreign entities and that the president knew about it.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s supporters immediately pushed back, arguing there was no evidence for the inquiry. McCarthy responded, saying the inquiry is to find the facts and that there is plenty of evidence. He pointed to about 150 U.S. Treasury Department suspicious activities reports filed by the agency around Hunter Biden\u2019s dealings as well as bank records and testimony from IRS whistleblowers who said the Biden family and associates received around $20 million from entities in adversarial nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Treasury Department alone has more than 150 transactions involving the Biden family and other business associates that were flagged as suspicious activity by U.S. banks,\u201d McCarthy said in his announcement. \u201cEven a trusted FBI informant has alleged a bribe to the Biden family. Biden used his official office to coordinate with Hunter Biden\u2019s business partners about Hunter\u2019s role in Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company.\u201d<\/p>\n

Biden has repeatedly dismissed questions about his involvement in any kind of overseas payment scheme. He brushed aside the impeachment inquiry, but his campaign released a more aggressive statement in response.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Donald Trump ramped up his demands for a baseless impeachment inquiry, Kevin McCarthy cemented his role as the Trump campaign\u2019s super-surrogate by turning the House of Representatives into an arm of his presidential campaign,\u201d Ammar Moussa, spokesperson Biden\u2019s presidential campaign, said in a statement, adding that \u201c\u2026McCarthy unequivocally said he would not move forward with an impeachment inquiry without holding a vote on the House floor. What has changed since then?<\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral members of the Speaker\u2019s own conference have come out and publicly panned impeachment as a political stunt, pointing out there is no evidence of wrongdoing by President Biden as Republicans litigate the same debunked conspiracy theories they\u2019ve investigated for over four years,\u201d\u00a0Moussa added.<\/p>\n

The impeachment inquiry will be led by House Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., as well as Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, of the Judiciary Committee as well as Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., who leads the Ways and Means Committee.<\/p>\n

Casey Harper
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