SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, SLP., September 12, 2023.- The president of the US House of Representatives, Republican Kevin McCarthy, ordered this Tuesday the opening of the impeachment investigation against President Joe Biden, in an effort to obtain bank records and other documents of the president and his son Hunter Biden.
Many in McCarthy’s party were outraged when the House, controlled by Democrats, twice impeached Republican President Donald Trump, in 2019 and 2021, although he was acquitted both times by the Senate.
Some Republican lawmakers have said they will try to remove McCarthy as House leader if he does not proceed with an impeachment trial against Biden.
Biden, who defeated Trump in the 2020 election, is seeking re-election next year.
“I have directed our House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden,” McCarthy told reporters. “We will go where the evidence takes us.”
Republicans, who control the House of Representatives, accuse Biden of profiting while he served as vice president from 2009 to 2017, from his son Hunter Biden’s overseas businesses, even if they show no evidence.
McCarthy said lawmakers in several committees will begin gathering evidence of possible financial wrongdoing.
A former business associate of the president’s son told a House hearing that Hunter Biden sold the “illusion” of access to power while his father was vice president, according to a transcript released last month. The White House has said there is no basis for an investigation and Biden has teased Republicans about a possible impeachment trial.
Democrats have tried to portray the Republican impeachment talks as an effort to distract public attention from the legal troubles of Trump, who faced four separate criminal charges as he ran for the nomination. in his party to challenge Biden in the election. Americans in 2024.
