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☆ What We Know About the Impeachment Case Against Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Luke Broadwater | More About Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Biden has made false or overly simplistic statements about his son’s business dealings, and what he knew about them. Mr. McCarthy’s claim: “President Biden did lie to the American people about his own knowledge of his family’s foreign business dealings.”The facts: It is not clear whether Mr. Biden willfully misrepresented his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings. In 2019, Mr. Biden repeatedly said he had “never discussed” and had “never spoken to” Hunter about his business dealings, and Republicans have produced no evidence that he was ever briefed on specific transactions or deals. House Republicans have uncovered proof that the elder Mr. Biden was aware of and met some of his son’s business partners, raising questions about whether the president’s statements were misleading. In Hunter Biden’s book, he recounted how his father called him after Hunter joined the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma and warned, “I hope you know what you’re doing” — an acknowledgment of at least one conversation apparently unrelated to the details of any business dealings.

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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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☆ McCarthy Is Under the Gun as the House Returns for a Spending Fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Carl Hulse | More About Carl Hulse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s job is on the line as the House returns on Tuesday to confront a funding impasse that could lead to a government shutdown or a challenge to the California Republican’s hold on the top post in the House. Far-right Republicans are refusing to back a measure to keep the federal government funded past Sept. 30 without substantial spending cuts and stringent new border policies that stand little chance of becoming law. They are also threatening to depose Mr. McCarthy should he turn to Democrats for assistance in scrounging together the votes he needs to avoid a shutdown. “Stay tuned,” Mr. Gaetz said on Monday night when reached for comment, declining to elaborate. Members of the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus were also planning a public event on Tuesday to vent their discontent with the spending landscape.

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☆ Disney's wildest ride: Iger, Chapek and the making of an epic succession mess
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +88 min

Iger told Chapek that he lived for those "two-shower days," according to people familiar with the conversation. In January 2020, Iger told Chapek the plan was back on. During his 27 years at the company, Chapek had only attended one annual meeting — as a guest in the audience. Bob Iger, Disney CEO, during a CNBC interview, Feb. 9, 2023. WATCH: Disney CEO Bob Iger's exclusive July 2023 CNBC interviewTake the 'A'During Chapek's tenure as CEO, Disney lost more than a quarter of its market value.

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☆ Hard Right Injects Immigration Into Spending Fight, Raising Shutdown Fears
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Karoun Demirjian | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Hard-right House Republicans are threatening to block a stopgap bill to keep the government funded unless it includes a security crackdown along the U.S.-Mexico border, escalating fears of a shutdown within weeks and injecting the supercharged politics of immigration into an already fraught stalemate over federal spending. leaders barely managed in May to scrounge together the Republican votes needed to pass it. It has stalled in the Democrat-controlled Senate and would render any spending bill that carried it dead on arrival there. It is the latest complication for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as he seeks to bridge the considerable rifts within his party over spending and prevent a shutdown that is all but certain to tarnish Republicans politically. It is slated to occur on Oct. 1 unless Congress passes a temporary funding patch to allow more time for a deal.

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Facing the prospect of a politically damaging government shutdown within weeks, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is offering a new argument to conservatives reluctant to vote to keep funding flowing: A shutdown would make it more difficult for Republicans to pursue an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, or to push forward with investigations of him and his family that could yield evidence for one. Mr. McCarthy first made the case on Sunday during an interview on Fox News in which he warned that a shutdown would stall the House’s ongoing inquiries into the president and his family. His argument reflected the speaker’s growing desperation to find a way to persuade right-wing Republicans to drop their opposition to a stopgap measure that is needed to keep federal money flowing beyond the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year. “If we shut down, all the government shuts it down — investigation and everything else,” Mr. McCarthy said about the prospect of funding running out Sept. 30. “It hurts the American public.”

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Biden, McCarthy, Mr, —, Donald J, Trump, ” Organizations: Fox News, Republicans

☆ McCarthy starts to plot Biden impeachment strategy while GOP skeptics remain
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Melanie Zanona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“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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President Biden asked Congress on Thursday for another $24 billion to help Ukraine and other countries affected by Russia’s invasion, the first time lawmakers have been asked to increase financing for the war effort since Republicans took over the House in January. The request will test whether the expansive American effort to bolster Ukraine retains the bipartisan support it has enjoyed in Washington since Russian forces crossed the border nearly 18 months ago. Leading Republicans, including former President Donald J. Trump, have grown increasingly vocal in expressing skepticism or opposition to more aid for Ukraine. Mr. McCarthy said in June that any supplemental appropriation request for Ukraine was “not going anywhere” and that additional aid would have to be worked out in the regular congressional spending process. Seventy House Republicans voted last month to cut off Ukraine altogether and while that suggests a bipartisan majority remains, it was unclear if Mr. McCarthy would defy such a large segment of his conference.

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☆ Trump Indictment Presents New Obstacle in Spending Fight as Shutdown Looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Carl Hulse | More About Carl Hulse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

House Democrats already uniformly oppose the emerging spending bills since they are below the spending levels agreed to by Mr. Biden and Mr. McCarthy in their deal to suspend the federal debt limit and contain numerous conservative policy riders they find objectionable. Should conservatives prevail in their insistence on even deeper cuts and other restrictions on federal law enforcement, it could drive off more mainstream Republican votes. is a stark break with the traditional Republican orthodoxy of strong support for law enforcement. It has little traction in the Senate, where Democrats and Republicans have been working in a bipartisan fashion to advance spending bills for consideration when the Senate returns next month. Most senators of both parties would be opposed to entertaining the sort of spending reductions for law enforcement sought by the House conservatives.

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CNN —Speaker Kevin McCarthy deflected questions about the additional charges filed Thursday against former President Donald Trump in the case alleging mishandling of classified documents during his time in the White House, instead pointing to President Joe Biden. In his latest defense of Trump, McCarthy questioned why Biden had classified documents from his time as a senator and why the president hasn’t been indicted, but would not engage on the new charges that Trump is facing. “What concerns me is you have a sitting president that has a situation like this, but even worse, that had documents, but nothing’s happened,” McCarthy told CNN’s Manu Raju. Trump, who already faced 37 criminal charges in the case, was charged with an additional count of willful retention of national defense information and two additional obstruction counts. In one recent example, CNN reported earlier this month that McCarthy told Trump in a private phone call that he personally backed the idea of expunging Trump’s two impeachments and would bring it up to the conference to gauge support, a source said.

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☆ Kevin McCarthy threatened to beat up Democrat Eric Swalwell on the House floor and then cursed at each other: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly threatened to beat up Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell. Swalwell reportedly responded by calling McCarthy "a pussy." Just before the reported insult, McCarthy, according to the unnamed lawmakers, was nearly about to haul off on his fellow Californian. "You're weak. Before the House censured Schiff, McCarthy and his fellow Republicans kicked both Swalwell and Schiff off of the House Intelligence Committee.

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☆ Do You Know a Politically Motived Prosecution When You See One? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Jesse Wegman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

If you’re feeling bewildered by all the claims and counterclaims of politicization, you’re not alone. The Justice Department will always be led by a political appointee, and most state and local prosecutors are elected. That means extremely clear rules for investigators and prosecutors and eternal vigilance for the rest of us. So how to distinguish an investigation or prosecution based solely on the facts from one motivated improperly by politics? More often, though, it takes some work to determine whether an investigation or prosecution is on the level.

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☆ McCarthy, Pressured by the Right, Escalates Talk of Impeaching Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Luke Broadwater | More About Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Speaker Kevin McCarthy, under pressure from the hard right to take aggressive steps against the Biden administration, suggested on Tuesday that the House was moving toward opening an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, as Republicans search through bank records hunting for damaging information about the first family. It was a striking escalation by Mr. McCarthy, who had previously resisted calls to impeach Mr. Biden, arguing that he had yet to see anything that would warrant such an extraordinary step. Just last month, Mr. McCarthy and other top Republicans in the House turned back an attempt from the hard right to move to quickly impeach Mr. Biden over his handling of the border, arguing that more investigation was needed before taking such a consequential step. Republicans are deeply divided on an impeachment of Mr. Biden, which lacks the votes to pass the House. More mainstream Republicans — particularly those from politically competitive districts that Mr. Biden won — and those aligned with party leaders have urged caution.

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☆ Pelosi says McCarthy is ‘playing politics’ with impeachment expungement
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Aileen Graef | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was “playing politics” with the idea of expunging former President Donald Trump’s two impeachments. “Kevin is, you know, playing politics. McCarthy called Trump to apologize after the interview, claiming he misspoke on CNBC, sources told CNN. A member of the House of Representatives since 1987, Pelosi would not say whether she plans to run for reelection. Pelosi separately called it “completely, totally ridiculous” that Alabama GOP Gov.

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4 House Republican Elise Stefanik and hardline Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene last month introduced a bill aimed at expunging Trump's historic two impeachments, from 2019 and 2021. It is a move, however, that could make more moderate House Republicans squirm. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, called the idea of an expungement vote "a disgrace." If such a measure were to pass, the historical record of those impeachments would remain, as would the Senate trials that were triggered by the House impeachments. In return for delaying that endorsement, according to Politico, McCarthy promised to work to pass the legislation.

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☆ US House Speaker McCarthy denies deal with Trump to expunge impeachments
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The second time it charged Trump with inciting an insurrection, relating to the attack on the Capitol by his supporters. McCarthy voted against impeaching Trump both times. McCarthy's remarks came after Politico reported that Trump was outraged at the speaker for withholding his endorsement of Trump's third run for the White House in 2024. In return for delaying that endorsement, according to Politico, McCarthy promised to work to pass legislation to "expunge" both impeachments. Politico said McCarthy had promised to do so before Congress leaves for an August recess.

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Weeks later, Mr. Trump is the former President Trump. Instead, in a brief televised address shortly before 2:30 a.m., Mr. Trump furiously laid down his postelection lie. For weeks, Mr. Trump had been peppering him with tips of fraud that, upon investigation by federal authorities, proved baseless. The cavalry “is coming, Mr. President,” Kylie Kremer tweeted to Mr. Trump on Dec. 19. On Jan. 15, Mr. Trump acquiesced to an Oval Office meeting with Mr. Lindell, who arrived with two sets of documents.

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☆ Opinion | The House G.O.P. Bomb-throwers May End Up Bombing Their Majority
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Michelle Cottle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

But with a majority this scrawny, House conservatives are playing with fire. All Democrats need to do is flip a handful of seats to snatch the gavel from Mr. McCarthy’s hand. And many are particular tired of it on the issue of abortion, which drew key numbers of swing voters to Democrats in last year’s midterms. But time and again, Mr. McCarthy’s troops seem dead set on signaling that the G.O.P. Swing voters aren’t generally all that keen on posturing, do-nothing Congresses, either.

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☆ Opinion: Biden has a Kennedy problem
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Julian Zelizer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —President Joe Biden might have a Kennedy problem. There are many reasons Kennedy might cause trouble for Biden. At the end of last year, Biden switched the Democratic primary schedule to put South Carolina first. As a result, Biden might not even appear on the New Hampshire ballot, effectively ceding the state to Kennedy and author and speaker Marianne Williamson. Many of Biden’s 2020 supporters are frustrated with the president, and any attacks Kennedy will unleash could damage Biden and provide a foundation for Republicans to go after him in the campaign.

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☆ Republicans Are Divided on Impeaching Biden as Panel Begins New Inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Karoun Demirjian | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Republicans are deeply divided over impeaching President Biden, with newly energized lawmakers on the far right applying pressure to do so and leaders and rank-and-file members concerned they have undertaken a politically risky battle that they cannot win. over moving forward and complicating a separate monthslong drive by the panel to prepare an impeachment case against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, for the same offenses. Neither pursuit appears to have the votes to proceed, and many Republicans are worried that without a stronger case against the president, even trying the move could be disastrous for their party. Several rank-and-file Republicans from politically competitive districts had balked at the idea of impeaching Mr. Mayorkas, even after Mr. McCarthy endorsed that push. Few believe that the new investigation of Mr. Biden — a hastily arranged effort designed to halt a right-wing attempt to impeach the president outright with no investigation — will yield anything that could persuade them to oust him.

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☆ House Republicans Summon Officials to Testify About Hunter Biden Inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Mr. Shapley provided emails and messages to support crucial portions of his account, which was backed up by a second I.R.S. The New York Times has also independently confirmed a key allegation made by Mr. Shapley: that prosecutors in California denied a request from Mr. Weiss to pursue charges against Hunter Biden in that state. He also denied that the elder Mr. Biden or his staff “in any way” assisted Mr. Zlochevsky. Republicans produced no proof that the elder Mr. Biden accepted payments from foreign businesses or that he took any action as a result of Hunter Biden’s overseas work. Speaker Kevin McCarthy has pledged to add Mr. Garland to the list if Republicans determine that he lied about Mr. Weiss’s authority in the Hunter Biden investigation.

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☆ Trump may not be the strongest GOP presidential candidate, Kevin McCarthy says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Tuesday he does not know if former President Donald Trump is the "strongest" Republican candidate to compete against President Joe Biden in 2024. "But can anybody beat Biden? McCarthy leads a narrow House Republican majority that includes sizeable factions loyal to the former president. Spokesmen for Trump and McCarthy did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the speaker's remarks. After the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, which led to Trump's second impeachment in the House, McCarthy initially said Trump bore some responsibility.

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☆ McCarthy Questions Strength of Trump’s Candidacy, Then Quickly Backtracks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Annie Karni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The hurried attempt at ingratiating himself to Mr. Trump underscores Mr. McCarthy’s fear of alienating the former president as he struggles to keep together his fractious House majority and withstand mounting pressure from right-wing lawmakers loyal to Mr. Trump. And it reflected the precarious position of Mr. McCarthy, who has not endorsed Mr. Trump or any other candidate, as the G.O.P. His latest difficulties began on Tuesday morning when, during an interview with CNBC, Mr. McCarthy wondered whether it would be good for the party to have Mr. Trump as its presidential nominee given his legal troubles. Yeah, he can win that election,” Mr. McCarthy said. “The question is, is he the strongest to win the election; I don’t know that answer.”

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CNN —Advisers and allies to former President Donald Trump are expressing outrage after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that he thinks Trump can win in 2024, but does not know if he is the “strongest” candidate. “I’ve been fielding calls on this since it happened,” one Trump ally told CNN, referring to McCarthy’s comments. “The question is, is he the strongest to win the election – I don’t know that answer.”The Speaker also said he believes Trump can beat President Joe Biden. I think if you want to go sheer policy to policy, it’s not good for Republicans, its good for America. Trump’s policies are better, straightforward than Biden policy,” McCarthy said.

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☆ Divided House Sidesteps Biden Impeachment Vote but Starts Inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Annie Karni | Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Republican-led House on Thursday quashed a move to quickly impeach President Biden but voted along party lines to open an investigation into his removal, as reluctant G.O.P. leaders bowed to a member of their hard-right flank who demanded to move forward with charges that his immigration policies constitute high crimes and misdemeanors. By a vote of 219 to 208, the House referred two articles of impeachment against Mr. Biden — one for abuse of power and one for dereliction of duty — to the Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees. Speaker Kevin McCarthy engineered the move, which allowed the impeachment articles to advance without officially endorsing them. He sought with the referral to defuse pressure from right-wing lawmakers to immediately begin the process of removing Mr. Biden from office, despite a lack of evidence of any wrongdoing.

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