Main Topic: House GOP committee chairmen issue subpoenas to IRS and FBI officials regarding the investigation into Hunter Biden's tax violation allegations.
Key points:
1. The subpoenas are issued to IRS and FBI officials who were present at or had direct knowledge of a meeting where the investigation into Hunter Biden was discussed.
2. The House GOP committee chairmen have been looking into potential political interference in the federal probe.
3. The subpoenas are crucial to understanding if Hunter Biden received special treatment and who made the ultimate decision in his case.
The House Oversight Committee has demanded documents from President Biden's time as vice president, including calendars and communications, as Republicans threaten to launch an impeachment inquiry into Biden's involvement in his family's foreign business dealings.
House conservatives are wary of Speaker Kevin McCarthy's talk of a potential impeachment inquiry of President Biden, believing he is using it as leverage in government spending negotiations.
The White House is preparing for a potential impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden as prosecutors seek a criminal indictment against his son, Hunter Biden, on a gun possession charge, further fueling Republican efforts to investigate the president and potentially leading to political trench warfare.
Republicans in the House, including Rep. French Hill, are cautioning against launching an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, emphasizing the need for thorough investigations before considering such a move.
Republicans are continuing their investigations into Hunter Biden, with two IRS employees testifying privately about the federal probe into President Biden's son, raising concerns of interference from the Biden White House or Justice Department.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to endorse an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden as the "logical next step" in obtaining bank records and other documents, although he currently lacks the votes to open one.
The White House is urging top US news executives to intensify their scrutiny of House Republicans who have launched an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, despite the lack of evidence, and is cautioning against false equivalency in reporting.
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld defends Republicans' announcement of an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, disregarding the lack of proof and arguing that the media previously accepted flimsier evidence during Trump's impeachment.
Former President Trump has been privately discussing the impeachment inquiry into President Biden with House Republicans and strategizing on how to make it "long and excruciatingly painful" for Biden.
An FBI agent involved in the Hunter Biden probe testified that the prosecutor leading it faced hurdles and lack of cooperation from other U.S. attorneys, but still had the authority to bring tax charges against Hunter Biden; the testimony comes amid investigations into the Biden family and Republicans' push for an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
House committee chairmen briefed their Republican colleagues on the impeachment inquiry into President Biden's alleged involvement in his family's foreign business dealings, calling for transparency and the release of bank records.
Republicans launched an impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden because they want to shut down the government, with hard-right Republicans demanding cuts to spending and increases in immigration enforcement.
Hunter Biden has been indicted and House Republicans have initiated an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, exposing the media's bias and their inability to protect the president from scandal.
House Republicans will hold their first public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, focusing on constitutional and legal questions surrounding the president's involvement in corruption and abuse of public office, including his son Hunter Biden's overseas business interests and allegations of receiving bribes from Ukrainian gas company Burisma.
The GOP-controlled House Oversight Committee plans to hold a public hearing on President Joe Biden's family's business dealings on September 28, the first since the impeachment inquiry, with three credible witnesses and financial law experts providing testimony.
Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Judiciary Committee, addressing questions on the alleged politicization within the Justice Department, his involvement in the Hunter Biden investigation, the lapse of potential tax charges against Hunter Biden, accusations of anti-Catholic bias, and the DOJ's alleged targeting of parents at school board meetings.
House Oversight Committee gains access to unredacted emails from Joe Biden's time as vice president, but they do not provide evidence of his involvement in his son's business dealings or support Republican's push for impeachment.
House Oversight Chair James Comer's evidence-free impeachment inquiry against President Biden is a partisan distraction and a childish political stunt, conveniently timed before a government shutdown, while there is no credible evidence linking Biden to any wrongdoing.
House Republicans released documents suggesting that IRS agents investigating Hunter Biden faced obstacles whenever President Joe Biden's name came up in the probe, though senior Justice Department prosecutors believed the investigators had legitimate reasons to avoid the elder Biden, and there is no evidence that DOJ officials acted at the request of senior leadership.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced that he will issue subpoenas for bank records of Hunter Biden and James Biden, as part of the House GOP impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, in an effort to find possible evidence of financial wrongdoing.
The House Oversight Committee's first hearing in the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden featured several false and misleading claims from Republican members, including claims about shell companies and payments to the Bidens, Hunter Biden's qualification to sit on the board of Burisma, the Justice Department's handling of a search warrant related to Hunter Biden, wire transfers to Hunter Biden from China, allegations of bribery involving Joe Biden and Burisma, Hunter Biden's failure to pay taxes, and a purported text message between James and Hunter Biden.
Legal experts are divided on whether the accusations against President Biden warrant an impeachment, but all agree that further investigation is needed.
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is requesting access to classified documents and testimonies related to President Joe Biden's handling of foreign business deals that allegedly benefited the Biden family, as part of their investigation into a potential pay-for-play scheme.
