WASHINGTON – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced on Tuesday that he will direct House Republicans to move forward with a formal inquiry into impeaching President Joe Biden.
“House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct,” McCarthy said in a brief statement, stating that evidence has uncovered a “culture of corruption.”
These allegations center around claims by House Republicans that they have obtained thousands of pages of financial records through subpoenas to the Treasury Department and other financial institutions, according to AP News. The probe will be led by chairmen of the House Judiciary, Oversight and Ways and Means committees, who have been leading investigations into the Biden family’s foreign business dealings for months.
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado’s 3rd District has been at the forefront of pressure from House Republicans to move forward with impeachment proceedings.
In early June, she introduced articles of impeachment to the House for Biden’s “dereliction of duty” by not “enforcing our immigration laws” in regard to the U.S.-Mexico border and immigration policy. The House later was forced to take a vote at the end of June to move her resolution to the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on the Judiciary for further review.
In response to the announcement by McCarthy, Boebert’s office told The Durango Herald in an emailed statement that she believes the impeachment inquiry announcement today is a “good start” in holding Biden “accountable.”
“It is clear that Joe Biden has spent his 47 years in public office engaging in corruption and trying to cover it up,” the statement said, adding that while serving as vice president, Biden “endangered the security of the United States by accepting millions of dollars from our foreign adversaries.”
There have been three memos released by the House Oversight and Accountability Republican staff that include millions of dollars received by Hunter Biden and his business associates. The memos didn’t directly show any payments being to Joe Biden or for his benefit, according to The Hill.
“The only Biden brand is one of corruption and allegiance to foreign nations,” the statement from Boebert’s office said.
Despite general support from House Republicans on impeachment, there have been a few holdouts, including U.S. Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado’s 4th District, who holds membership in the hard-line conservative House Freedom Caucus. In a recent interview with Jen Psaki of MSNBC, Buck said now is not the time to impeach Biden.
“I would guess that there is not a strong connection this point between the evidence on Hunter Biden and evidence connecting the President,” Buck told the network.
Instead, he said that the focus should be on “important issues” mentioning urban crime, the border, and inflation.
The Herald reached out to U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, both of Colorado, for comment, but did not hear back before deadline.
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