I am actually surprised: I figured there would be 10-20 GOP squishes who would vote against
House Votes to Formalize Impeachment Inquiry into Joe Biden
The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden by a vote of 221 to 212.
The formally adopted status will enable House investigators to enforce subpoenas and gather evidence about whether the president is compromised and “traded official acts for foreign dollars,” according to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
Republicans unanimously voted to adopt the resolution. In a surprise, Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), who had been critical of the Republicans’ impeachment focus and earlier indicated he would oppose the resolution, voted with his Republican colleagues to formalize the inquiry.
Obviously, all Democrats voted against this.
The White House failed to provide investigators:
- Information about two loan agreements Joe Biden allegedly executed with James Biden for a total of $240,000.
- 99.98 percent of requested records from President Joe Biden, including alias emails.
- Documents about an alleged $5 million bribe Joe Biden accepted.
- Materials related to Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents.
The formal process means that these documents must be provided and they can hit agencies with suboeanas and hold people in contempt of Congress if they fail to provide them. It should end the stonewalling.
Any articles of impeachment should include Biden’s policies on the border and Afghanistan debacle, those might be easier to show rather than the deep dives into Biden’s shady dealings. The GOP really needs to make this easy to understand for the 30 second soundbite folks, so much so that even friendly media outlets cannot blow it off.
(Daily Caller) “We have seen witness testimony and bank records showing millions of dollars flowing to the Biden family from foreign adversaries. Witnesses have testified about the President’s numerous interactions with his family’s foreign clients. The President and White House have repeatedly misled the public, shifted the goalposts, and stonewalled our investigation. As Chairmen Comer, Jordan and Smith have done all along, we will continue to follow the facts where they lead. The American people deserve answers. This impeachment inquiry will help us find them,” the statement concluded.
(Fox News) “The White House sent a letter… saying that the subpoenas [Republicans] had served will not be honored and won’t even be recognized without a full vote of the House. So our speaker has done exactly what I would expect he would do as a lawyer. We’re going to honor that. We’re going to go ahead and do a full floor vote,” Emmer said. “He knows we’re probably going to have to go to court to enforce these anyway, so might as well eliminate any of the objections that they have.”
It’ll be a pretty bad look when the White House continues to stonewall. And, if Biden had not said that the subpoenas weren’t legitimate without a formal vote there might have been enough squishes who would have voted against the process. Obviously, if this goes all the way there are not enough votes in the Senate to boot Joe, unless the Dems see a way out of Biden being their candidate in 2024.
It should end the stonewalling.
HAHA. You fail to understand the concept of “above the law”. In the words of former FBI director Comey, “no prosecutor would bring charges. No judge would hear the case. No jury (in DC) would convict”. Democratic party AGs have no interest in prosecuting their own people.
The media scenario is already taking shape.
Hunter, like Hillary before him despite all evidence to the contrary really is the “victim” here.
Brandon’s only crime is just being a caring dad.
Dimocrat logic.
#Trump2024
Bwaha! Lolgf
Our esteemed host wrote:
They simply voted for the inquiry, not for an actual impeachment itself. Actually, were I a member of the House, I would vote against an impeachment, because it’s worse than useless: not only would President Biden not be removed by the Senate; but the last impeachment of a Democrat led to a strengthening of his public support, and, if by some miracle the impeachment did remove Mr Biden from office, Kamala Emhoff would become President.
This whole thing is a waste of time and effort.
Donald J. Trump is an authoritarian and traitor.