The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Republican Kevin McCarthy, stated that he supports the opening of the impeachment investigation against President Joe Biden with the goal of obtaining bank records and other documents from the president and his son. , Hunter Biden. Kevin Whitaker, former ambassador of the United States to Colombia, talked about this on 6AM Hoy por Hoy on Caracol Radio.
Background
The process in question arose because of the accusations against the current president of the United States, where they claim that he used his political power to interfere with investigations into the businesses of his children and some relatives abroad.
Because of this, the president of the House considers that the formal investigation is based on investigations that show that President Biden lied “to the American people” where he can claim abuse of power and corruption.
In the middle of the case, allegations were included that the Biden family received, through its companies, resources from abroad, especially from oil companies from other countries such as China.
Ina Sams, White House spokeswoman, said McCarthy’s accusations sought to distract public opinion from fundamental issues for that country such as inflation and job creation, and that Biden’s persecution was not take them anywhere.
Can they impeach President Biden?
In this matter, former ambassador Kevin Whitaker commented that this is an unlikely scenario, but that a vote can be extended to the House of Representatives. Now, he believes that the Senate will not finish condemning the president in this case.
“A direct connection with President Joe Biden has not been established. Even the main witness said that there were calls to the vice president in the past but he was not involved in Hunter’s actions. What the Republicans said was to- investigate them to find evidence that incriminates him,” he commented.
Likewise, Whitaker reiterated that Hunter Biden has a criminal record – there is even mention of a past with drugs – but that the lack of connection to the president could be a complication for Republicans.
“The Biden administration appears to be uncooperative in the ongoing investigation,” he reiterated.
Forbidden crops in Colombia
Moving on to other topics, the former ambassador of the United States discussed the figures for the illicit crops in Colombia and commented that the results of the current government are not the best and even stated that there is more cocaine in the country than 20 years ago when the plan began. Colombia.
