President Biden Furious Over Impeachment Inquiry
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News
WASHINGTON (Worthy News) – U.S. President Joe Biden weighed his options Thursday after the Republican-led House of Representatives voted to authorize a corruption-focused impeachment inquiry against him formally.
“Instead of doing anything to help make Americans’ lives better, they are focused on attacking me with lies,” the president complained after the vote.
Biden questioned the priorities of House Republicans in pursuing an inquiry against him and his family. “Instead of doing their job on the urgent work that needs to be done, they are choosing to waste time on this baseless political stunt that even Republicans in Congress admit is not supported by facts.”
The 221-212 party-line vote put the entire House Republican conference on record in support of an impeachment process that can lead to the ultimate penalty for a president: punishment for what the Constitution describes as “high crimes and misdemeanors,” which can lead to removal from office if convicted in a Senate trial.
The decision to hold a vote came as Speaker Mike Johnson and his team faced growing pressure to show progress in what has become a nearly yearlong probe centered around the business dealings of Biden’s family members.
The Republicans are investigating the Biden family’s foreign business dealings and whether the president was involved or benefited directly from those ventures.
President Biden has repeatedly denied involvement in his son’s business dealings.
NO EVIDENCE
Critics say no evidence has emerged that Biden acted corruptly or accepted bribes in his current role or previous office as vice president, but Republicans remain suspicious.
Republicans also questioned why the president’s son, Hunter Biden, defied a congressional subpoena by refusing to appear for a deposition Wednesday with the House Oversight Committee.
Officials within Biden’s Justice Department have accused Hunter Biden of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes while spending millions of dollars on a lavish lifestyle. He also faces other charges ranging from illegal gun ownership to controversial business dealings.
Yet House Democrats stood in united opposition to the inquiry resolution Wednesday, calling it a farce perpetrated by those across the aisle to avenge the two impeachments against previous U.S. President Donald J. Trump.
There are concerns among Democrats that Biden, already facing world turmoil, including the Israel-Gaza war and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, will face a monthslong inquiry that extends well into 2024.
It is a year when Biden will be running for reelection and seems likely to be squaring off against former President Trump — who was twice impeached during his time in the White House.
Critics say Trump pressured Democrats in Congress to move swiftly on impeaching Biden. Trump opponents say the forger president seeks vengeance and retribution against his political enemies.
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