House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., plans to endorse an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden in an effort to seek bank records and other documents from the president and his son Hunter Biden, two Republican sources familiar with the speaker's intentions told NBC News.
McCarthy has signaled for weeks that the House could take up an impeachment inquiry, which would provide additional legal power to the House's investigations into the Biden family.
It is unclear whether there are sufficient votes within the GOP conference to open an impeachment inquiry into the president.
The White House is ramping up a war room to lead a response to a Republican impeachment inquiry, NBC News previously reported.
McCarthy's move to endorse an impeachment inquiry into Biden comes amid pressure from right-wing Republicans,who are pushing back against a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month.
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