House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 12, 2023. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Published December 12, 2023
The GOP expects to go to court to enforce subpoenas, House Speaker Mike Johnson says.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are prepared to take legal action against people who don’t comply with subpoenas issued as part of the impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden, the top GOP member in the lower chamber said on Dec. 12.
“The House will likely need to go to court to enforce its subpoenas,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said.
He made the declaration in an op-ed published the same day the House meets to mark up a resolutionthat would formalize the probe into President Biden.
The investigation was opened by Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in September without formal approval. Mr. McCarthy was later ousted from the speaker position in a bipartisan vote.
“Opening a formal inquiry—backed by a vote of the full body—puts us in the strongest legal position to gather the evidence and provide transparency to the American people,” Mr. Johnson said.
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SOURCE: www.theepochtimes.com
RELATED: US House expects Wednesday vote on formalizing Biden impeachment inquiry – aide
U.S. President Joe Biden walks from Marine One as he returns to the White House in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth FrantzREUTERS
Published December 12, 2023
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Wednesday to formalize its impeachment inquiry of Democratic President Joe Biden, a Republican leadership aide said on Monday.
The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because official plans for floor action remained fluid. Earlier on Monday, a Republican lawmaker said House Speaker Mike Johnson disclosed plans for a Thursday vote at a closed-door meeting, a time frame that had also been echoed by other Republicans.
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SOURCE: www.Reuters.com
RELATED: Inside the House GOP’s key Biden impeachment claims
Published December 11, 2023
As House Republicans forge ahead with a vote to formalize an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, they are using some new details and testimony to prop up hotly disputed allegations that he abused power to benefit his family.
Democrats say the GOP’s key claims have been largely debunked, with White House spokesperson for oversight and investigations Ian Sams saying in a recent statement that the House GOP impeachment probe is a “baseless stunt” that “is not rooted in facts or reality.”
Here are the claims at the center of the House GOP’s multi-pronged impeachment inquiry:
Burisma and the claim of a bribe
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told reporters he sees disputed claims surrounding Burisma as central to the impeachment investigation.
“The impeachable offense is — I think, the key thing is in Burisma,” Jordan told reporters in a recent briefing.
Months of investigation have given the House GOP thousands of pages of subpoenaed bank records, testimony from key business partners, and bombshell allegations from IRS whistleblowers who were investigating the president’s son, Hunter Biden. But they are also turning back to long-circulated claims about Ukrainian energy company Burisma, where Hunter Biden served on the board.
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SOURCE: www.thehill.com
RELATED: House GOP chips away at centrist resistance on Biden impeachment inquiry
About a half-dozen members are still undecided, but there’s only one public ‘no’ vote in POLITICO’s whip count. It’s a rare sign of unity for the conference.
Republican leaders and investigative panel leaders like Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan have worked to persuade the remaining undecided members by underscoring that approval of a Biden inquiry isn’t the final word. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
Published December 12, 2023
House Republicans are inches away from a major step toward impeaching President Joe Biden, as members from swing districts drop their reservations about plowing forward with the GOP investigation.
A whip count compiled by POLITICO shows that a single Republican, Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), opposes a vote scheduled for this week to formalize the impeachment inquiry. Other members thought to be on the fence are now either supportive or likely to support it, according to the tally, including a majority of Republicans who represent districts Biden carried in 2020.
Still, GOP leaders have only a three-vote margin for error, and some of their swing-district members are still uneasy about supporting the formal inquiry, with about a half-dozen telling POLITICO they’re undecided or unwilling to say where they stand.
A vote to officially sanction the impeachment inquiry would inject a burst of momentum into the effort that would be difficult for Republicans to later pull back from. But some moderate Republicans argue that a lack of cooperation from Hunter Biden and other family members has forced the GOP’s hand. Formalizing the investigation would boost the GOP’s leverage in its pursuit of documents and witnesses, they say, and represents just one step in the process.
The investigation has yet to find any direct evidence that Biden exerted improper influence to help his family members’ businesses.
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SOURCE: www.politico.com
