Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthyHe called for an investigation into the president Joe Biden, This is a move encouraged by the right wing of his party.
“I am asking the House committees to open a formal impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden,” McCarthy told reporters. He added: “We will go where the evidence leads us.”
He added: “In recent months, Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations about President Biden’s behavior – a culture of corruption.”
Republicans, who control the House of Representatives, accused Biden of profiting while he was vice president – from 2009 to 2017 – from his son’s business ventures. Hunter BidenAlthough they did not provide evidence.
Hunter Biden, the 53-year-old son of the Democratic president, has become a favorite target of the American right. He is accused of conducting transactions of questionable legitimacy in Ukraine and China when Joe Biden was Vice President of Barack Obama (2009-2017), benefiting from his father’s network and name.
McCarthy said lawmakers on several committees will begin collecting data on the topic Potential financial violations.
I am asking the House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Over the past few months, House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations about President Biden’s conduct — a culture of corruption. https://t.co/3uoDlUB3Sy
– Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) September 12, 2023
the White House It was announced that there is no basis for investigation, according to ReutersBiden mocked Republicans about the possibility of impeachment.
If the impeachment proposal passes the US House of Representatives and reaches the Senate, it would need a two-thirds majority to pass.
This has never happened to a sitting president in American history. Three US presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson in 1868, Bill Clinton in 1998, and Donald Trump in 2019 and 2021. In none of these cases, the impeachment motion did not obtain the required majority.
Richard Nixon chose to resign in 1974 to avoid some accountability by Congress due to his involvement in the Watergate scandal.
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