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☆ House GOP’s impeachment witnesses say there's no evidence yet Joe Biden committed a crime
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Rebecca Shabad | Dareh Gregorian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

One of the panel's expert witnesses, law professor Jonathan Turley, acknowledged that the evidence Republicans had gathered so far, however, doesn't prove their case. The House Republicans, Raskin said, were acting "like flying monkeys on a mission for the Wicked Witch of the West." The Democrats' witness was Michael J. Gerhardt, a law professor at the University of North Carolina who testified during Trump's first impeachment inquiry. House Republicans have said they are looking into whether Biden improperly aided his son or profited off his business dealings. The White House has repeatedly rejected the House GOP's assertion that Biden abused the power of his office to enrich his family.

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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) in San Francisco, California, U.S., September 27, 2023. Separately, they also allege the Justice Department interfered with a tax investigation of Hunter Biden. House Republicans have said they plan to seek personal and business bank records for Hunter Biden and James Biden, the president's brother. A prolonged shutdown could slow the impeachment inquiry as fewer administration officials would be available to respond to information requests. White House spokesman Ian Sams said House Republicans were prioritizing "conspiracy theories" over keeping the government open.

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☆ US House panel sets first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing for next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Moira Warburton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] U.S. President Joe Biden walks to the White House from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 17, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives is set to hold its first committee hearing on Sept. 28 on its long-shot impeachment inquiry against Democratic President Joe Biden launched by Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week. White House spokesperson Ian Sams on Tuesday accused Republicans of trying to "distract from their own chaotic inability to govern" by "staging a political stunt." Sams said they had not requested any information from the White House. The House can approve formal charges - articles of impeachment - by a simple majority.

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☆ House Oversight Committee to hold first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the Oversight Committee chair, said Tuesday that he plans to subpoena the personal bank records of Hunter Biden , the president's son, and his brother James Biden. The House Oversight Committee will hold the first hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Sept. 28, a committee spokesperson said Tuesday. A spokesperson for the oversight committee said the subpoenas could come as early as this week. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-California, last week directed three GOP-led committees to launch an impeachment inquiry into Biden. The impeachment inquiry is being led by Comer on the Oversight Committee, Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan of Ohio, and Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith of Missouri.

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“If we allow Ukraine to be carved up, is the independence of any nation secure? Republicans, however, have been critical of the Iran deal, calling it a "ransom" paid, and some are also skeptical of continuing to help Ukraine. And as world leaders lauded Zelenskyy, who attended Tuesday’s U.N. meeting in military garb, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, said he would not have her support. "Zelenskyy is not the Governor of the 51st state, but he does have Joe Biden in his pocket. Meanwhile, House Republicans are preparing the next steps in an impeachment inquiry targeting Biden.

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The impeachment inquiry comes at a fragile political moment for the president. An impeachment inquiry would give Republicans broad new powers to request documents and testimony about the Bidens. For now, the White House views the situation from a communications standpoint rather than as a legal issue. “Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and MAGA Republicans just launched a beyond ridiculous impeachment inquiry into President Biden,” the fundraising email reads. An element of the White House strategy is keeping him focused on his governing duties, including plans to deliver what the White House has billed as a “major economic address” in Maryland on Thursday.

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House Republican leaders on Wednesday defended the decision to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, pointing to a modicum of evidence while insisting that the inquiry will give Americans answers. Meanwhile, the White House has ardently pushed back against the inquiry, insisting that it is a stunt lacking evidence that is driven by lawmakers on the fringes of the party. “House Republicans have been investigating the president for nine months, and they've turned up no evidence of wrongdoing,” White House spokesman Ian Sams said in a statement after McCarthy announced the inquiry. But McCarthy defended the move on Wednesday, saying that “Nancy Pelosi changed the rules” when she launched an impeachment inquiry into former President Donald Trump in 2019. But the intraparty difficulties persisted on Wednesday, despite the Biden impeachment inquiry offering, as the spending fight in Congress continues on without a clear path forward for House Republicans.

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☆ The most predictable impeachment investigation in American history
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —The initiation of an impeachment investigation against a president ought to be an earthshaking moment in the nation’s history. Republicans could use an impeachment investigation of the president to fuel public suspicion over Hunter Biden’s cascading controversies. But the coming impeachment investigation represents a gamble for Republicans since it could cause a backlash in moderate districts that their majority depends on. Ian Sams, a White House spokesman for oversight and investigations, blasted the impeachment investigation as “extreme politics at its worst.”But the strain of an impeachment inquiry is hardly the way the White House would have preferred to prepare for election year. If the impeachment investigation does uncover more direct involvement of Joe Biden, condemnations of McCarthy’s action may have been premature.

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Biden previously had mocked Republicans over a possible impeachment and the White House said they have no basis to do so. [1/4]U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) calls for an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Joe Biden while delivering a statement on allegations surrounding President Biden and his son Hunter Biden, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2023. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called the impeachment inquiry "absurd." Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 as he faced an impeachment vote. Public opinion polling has shown many Americans believe Hunter Biden has received special treatment.

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☆ Biden impeachment inquiry gives White House a fight it's ready for
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Emma Kinery | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's announcement that he has directed GOP-led House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden was the long-anticipated retribution that White House aides had been waiting for, after House Democrats twice impeached Donald Trump during his term in office. Ever since Republicans retook the House majority last year, the White House has been building a team of legal experts and spokespeople to counter the congressional inquiry launched into the president and his son, Hunter Biden. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said she would not vote on any necessary budget bills unless the House opened an impeachment inquiry. The White House said caving to their demands would show that the exercise is a "costly, illegitimate, politically-motivated exercise not rooted in reality." "The time for impeachment is the time when there's evidence linking President Biden — if there's evidence linking President Biden — to a high crime or misdemeanor.

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☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene wants it be known that she is responsible for Kevin McCarthy moving forward on Biden's impeachment
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Greene went after fellow Rep. Matt Gaetz over the conservative push to impeach President Biden. Gaetz on Tuesday said that he "pushed" McCarthy for weeks regarding an impeachment inquiry. The decision comes as the California Republican has faced mounting pressure over the issue from many members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus, who hold immense sway in the narrow Republican House majority. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe White House on Tuesday immediately pushed back against GOP efforts to start an impeachment inquiry. "This is the same guy that wrote a book called 'Drain the Swamp', who is now arguing against an impeachment inquiry," she told the network.

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☆ McCarthy directs GOP-led House committees to open Biden impeachment inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday announced that he has instructed three GOP-led committees to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. McCarthy apparently abandoned his previous vow that an impeachment inquiry would occur through a vote in the House. Senate Republicans are skeptical that the House has uncovered enough evidence to justify an impeachment inquiry. The Republican-led House Oversight committee launched an investigation in January into allegations that Biden profited from his son Hunter's business dealings while he was vice president. Rep. Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the oversight committee, called the GOP investigation "a complete and total bust" in a statement Monday.

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☆ Why have US Republicans opened an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

WHAT IS AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY? An impeachment inquiry is a formal step that can precede a House vote on whether to approve articles of impeachment and eventually a trial in the Senate. It did not hold a full impeachment inquiry before bringing impeachment charges in the final weeks of Trump's presidency following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Weiss has said prosecutors will seek to indict Hunter Biden on tax and gun charges by Sept. 29. The criminal prosecution could mean Hunter Biden may face a trial while his father is campaigning for reelection.

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☆ Kevin McCarthy is moving forward on Biden's possible impeachment by doing the exact same thing he slammed Nancy Pelosi for doing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

At the time, McCarthy said he would hold a formal vote. "That's why today, I am directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Some swing-district district Republicans, such as Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, also expressed skepticism about taking a formal vote. After a month of debate and further investigation, the House later took a formal vote to formalize Trump's impeachment. What is an impeachment inquiry?

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☆ White House to send letter to news execs urging outlets to ‘ramp up’ scrutiny of GOP’s Biden impeachment inquiry ‘based on lies’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The White House plans to send a letter to top US news executives on Wednesday, urging them to intensify their scrutiny of House Republicans after Speaker Kevin McCarthy launched an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, despite having found no evidence of a crime. “It’s time for the media to ramp up its scrutiny of House Republicans for opening an impeachment inquiry based on lies,” Ian Sams, a spokesperson for the White House Counsel’s Office, wrote in the letter, according to a draft copy obtained by CNN. The correspondence comes one day after McCarthy announced that he had directed three House committees to begin an impeachment inquiry into Biden. In its letter Wednesday, the White House will ask news organizations to be more clear-eyed in their coverage of the impeachment inquiry, and not to fall prey to the traps of false equivalency in reporting. The Republican House-led investigations into Biden have yet to provide any direct evidence that the president financially benefited from Hunter Biden’s career overseas.

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To start, Congress faces a deadline to fund the government by the end of the month, or risk a potentially devastating federal shutdown. But starting a formal impeachment inquiry into Biden could help to appease Republican allies of Trump, who has emerged as the GOP frontrunner to confront Biden in the 2024 election for the White House. Woodhouse is now a senior adviser to the Congressional Integrity Project, which is preparing to criticize Republicans over the Biden impeachment. While the shutdown is the more pressing problem for McCarthy, the Biden impeachment inquiry is his bigger political gamble. McCarthy has signaled an impeachment inquiry is coming.

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☆ GOP Oversight Chairman Comer vows to subpoena the Biden family
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Scott Wong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, July 26, 2023. WASHINGTON — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, who is leading the investigation into Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings, said Thursday his panel plans to subpoena members of the Biden family, including possibly President Joe Biden. We are going to subpoena the family," Comer, R-Ky., said in an appearance on Fox Business. Comer said that had he issued a subpoena for Joe and Hunter Biden on his first day as Oversight chairman, a judge would have thrown it out. Last month, Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to two charges of failing to pay federal taxes related to his business dealings.

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☆ House Oversight GOP claims they don’t need to find direct payments to Joe Biden to prove corruption in Hunter Biden business dealings memo
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Annie Grayer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“President Biden’s defenders purport a weak defense by asserting the Committee must show payments directly to the President to show corruption,” the House Oversight Republicans wrote. “It appears no real services were provided other than access to the Biden network, including Joe Biden himself. Even though Hunter Biden was not directly involved, House Oversight Republicans are attempting to show how a portion of the $3.5 million was transferred into multiple accounts until it entered an account connected to Hunter Biden. In a 2020 Senate report, Republicans revealed the existence of the payment from Baturina to a company tied to Hunter Biden’s business associates. The memo focuses on deals and transactions Hunter Biden made with foreign oligarchs and leaders in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

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☆ House Republicans say Biden could be impeached by the end of the year: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

House Republicans view it as almost certain that they will move forward with impeaching Biden this fall. But in actuality, House Republicans think it's likely they'll later impeach Biden. A vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is not a direct vote on impeachment, but it would make a major escalation in House Republicans' probes of Biden. "Once the barn doors are open, so to speak, the horses are out," an unnamed senior House Republican told CNN. Of particular note are the 18 Republicans who represent congressional districts won by President Joe Biden in 2020.

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☆ Trumpworld is going nuts over another indictment, but Joe Biden's just hanging out at the beach, hitting up a seafood joint, and going to the movies
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meanwhile on Tuesday, Trump was hit with another indictment and accused of trying to overturn the 2020 vote. The Bidens then headed to a nearby movie theatre to catch Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," according to Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason. "We would refer you to the Justice Department, which conducts its criminal investigations independently," White House spokesperson Ian Sams told Reuters. And Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., claimed that the indictment was an attempt to derail his father's re-election campaign. A representative for the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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For Biden, Trump’s third indictment is undoubtedly the most personal. The White House declined to comment on Trump’s indictment Tuesday, referring questions to the Department of Justice. The White House learned of the indictment through media reports, a White House official said, as was the case with past indictments. After Trump was indicted in June, Biden was repeatedly pressed for comment on the historic first federal indictment of a former president. Ahead of Trump’s indictment Tuesday, a Biden campaign official said the campaign once again did not intend to fundraise off a Trump indictment, determining that the risks of fundraising off the indictment – which would feed Republican attacks of a politicized prosecution – outweighed the potential benefits.

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☆ Trump's GOP allies vent about Hunter Biden after latest special counsel indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Special counsel Jack Smith's second indictment against Trump alleges he unlawfully tried to overturn his election loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election. One day earlier, a former business partner of Hunter Biden testified that the younger Biden put his father on the phone during business meetings about 20 times, according to U.S. House members. Numerous GOP lawmakers and other supporters of Trump were quick to link the timing of Archer's testimony to Smith's indictment. White House spokesman Ian Sams posted that Archer "appears to have actually testified that President Biden wasn't involved and didn't discuss their business dealings. As they did following his first federal indictment in June, Trump's defenders attacked Smith and questioned his credibility.

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U.S. President Joe Biden rides his bike down a path in Gordons Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, U.S., August 1, 2023. As the indictment was being unsealed, Biden and his wife Jill were headed to Matt's Fish Camp, a chowder and fried fish restaurant, for an early supper. "We would refer you to the Justice Department, which conducts its criminal investigations independently," said Ian Sams, a White House spokesperson. "The Department of Justice is independent," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters last Friday. Polls show a tight race between Biden, 80, and Trump, 77, with 15 months to go before Election Day.

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☆ Donald Trump has been indicted in special counsel’s 2020 election interference probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Tierney Sneed Marshall Cohen Zachary Cohen Devan Cole Hannah Rabinowitz Katelyn Polantz Casey Gannon | Tierney Sneed | Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Trump has rejected any suggestion he was in the wrong after the 2020 election. Among the six are four unnamed attorneys who allegedly aided Trump in his effort to subvert the 2020 election. Fake electors plot was an unprecedented attempt to subvert Electoral CollegeThe so-called fake electors plot was an unprecedented attempt to subvert the Electoral College process by replacing electors that Biden had rightfully won with illegitimate GOP electors. Federal investigators have subpoenaed the fake electors across the country, sent FBI agents to interview witnesses about their conduct, and recently granted immunity to two fake electors from Nevada to secure their grand jury testimony. In Michigan, the state’s attorney general charged the 16 fake electors who signed certificates falsely claiming Trump won Michigan in the 2020 election with multiple felonies.

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The source also reiterated that Archer provided no evidence connecting President Joe Biden to any of his son’s foreign business dealings. Goldman said Archer told the panel that Hunter Biden did put his father on speaker phone in the presence of business partners, but that business was never discussed. Devon Archer, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, arrives for closed-door testimony at the O'Neill House Office Building on July 31, 2023 in Washington, DC. Comer then accused Joe Biden of lying about his family’s business dealings and his own involvement – pledging that his panel will continue to investigate. In recent weeks, he delivered his most explicit threat yet to Biden, saying House Republicans’ investigations into the Biden family’s business deals appear to be rising to the level of an impeachment inquiry.

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