“I don’t believe that a vote of the House is required to open an impeachment inquiry,” GOP Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who supports a Biden impeachment and sits on the House Judiciary Committee, told CNN.
Another factor that could complicate the fall timeline for an impeachment inquiry: Government funding expires at the end of September.
Officially moving ahead with an impeachment inquiry could help keep angry conservatives off McCarthy’s back.
During the call, one skeptical committee member pressed Jordan on the purpose of an impeachment inquiry, according to a source on the call.
“The Republicans in Congress, though well meaning, keep talking about an Impeachment ‘Inquiry’ on Crooked Joe Biden.
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