Washington DC, Dec.14.– The House of Representatives on Wednesday, Dec. 13, formally launched its impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The vote was 221-212. All Republicans voted in favor of the inquiry while no Democrats voted for the inquiry outlined in H. Res. 918.
“The facts don’t lie. It’s time to get the American people answers,” House Speaker Mike Johnson posted on X before the vote.
Why are House Republicans formalizing Biden’s impeachment inquiry?
Several House Republicans have argued that by formalizing the inquiry, the chairmen of the three committees handling the investigation into Biden’s conduct will gain more power to compel interviews, obtain documents, and further the case that the president improperly benefitted from his son’s overseas deals. This move now allows Republican congressional investigators to collect more information about Biden’s alleged involvement in his son Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings.
GOP lawmakers have already issued an array of demands to executive branch agencies and the president’s son related to the probe, but argue that the Biden administration and Hunter Biden have so far done nothing but obstruct the investigation.
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