{"id":147257,"date":"2023-09-14T11:42:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=147257"},"modified":"2023-09-14T11:42:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:42:55","slug":"kevin-mccarthy-orders-joe-biden-impeachment-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=147257","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McCarthy orders Joe Biden impeachment inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kevin McCarthy initiated a process intended to lead to an impeachment inquiry regarding Joe Biden. The inquiry will focus on Joe Biden’s family business dealings with foreign organizations, personnel, etc., as well as the possible connection between Joe Biden and how Hunter Biden’s tax crimes investigation was handled. A White House memorandum<\/a> was generated offering some recommendations on what to cover. The memorandum drew criticism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From The Hill<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It also leaves him open to cries of hypocrisy: McCarthy criticized former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for kicking off an impeachment inquiry of former President Trump in the same manner in 2019. Pelosi announced an inquiry Sept. 24, but the House did not vote on the matter until Oct. 31.<\/p>\n

Asked Tuesday whether he was being hypocritical, McCarthy referred back to Pelosi: “I’m not, because she changed the precedent.”<\/p>\n

“I warned her not to do it that way in the process. And that’s what she did; that’s what we did,” McCarthy said.<\/p>\n

There are advantages to the strategy for McCarthy.<\/p>\n

Moving forward on an inquiry without a vote allows swift action on a priority for conservatives who have been pressuring the House Speaker. McCarthy’s decision also protects moderates — particularly those who represent districts President Biden won in 2020 — from having to take a tough vote.<\/p>\n

But nothing that McCarthy said Tuesday prevents the House from moving forward on an impeachment inquiry vote in the future, which is still a possibility, GOP aides told The Hill.<\/p>\n

“The precedent allows the Speaker to call up an impeachment inquiry. Speaker McCarthy’s announcement this morning constitutes the formal opening of an impeachment inquiry but importantly does not preclude a vote from occurring in the future,” a senior House aide said.<\/p>\n

“This phase of an impeachment inquiry provides an opportunity for the House to formally outline the scope of its investigation, provides notice to the accused and time for further conversations with members,” the aide said.<\/p>\n

The impeachment inquiry into Biden centers on his family’s foreign business dealings and whether a tax crimes investigation into his son, Hunter Biden, was improperly slow-walked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Hill provides additional information here<\/a> and here<\/a>. Fox News<\/a> and AP<\/a> also provide details on this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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