Main Topic: Unease within the Republican Party about impeaching President Joe Biden
Key Points:
1. Some politically vulnerable and centrist Republicans do not believe there is enough evidence to impeach Biden.
2. Right-wing hard-liners are pressuring House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to impeach Biden.
3. McCarthy is considering launching a formal investigation focused on Hunter Biden's business dealings, but he needs nearly all Republicans to back impeachment, which may be difficult.
Republicans in competitive districts face a difficult decision on whether to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden and the possibility of a government shutdown, putting them at risk of blowback from their party or their voters.
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.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden based on allegations of abuse of power, obstruction, and corruption, despite the lack of direct evidence that the president financially benefitted from his son's business dealings.
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.
President Joe Biden dismissed the Republican-led impeachment inquiry as an attempt to shut down the government and emphasized his focus on daily tasks and issues affecting the American people.
House Republicans are moving to impeach Joe Biden as congressional investigators focus on a breakfast meeting he hosted in 2015 for his son Hunter Biden and two business partners, where conversation revolved around lobbying Biden to support his friend Karim Massimov to be Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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.
Former President Donald Trump's comments suggesting that the impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden was in retaliation and could lead to future indictments caught some Republicans off guard and raised concerns about the party's prospects in next year's election.
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.
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee will hold its first hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Sept. 28, focusing on constitutional and legal questions surrounding his alleged involvement in corruption and abuse of public office, while also planning to subpoena the bank records of his son, Hunter Biden.
President Joe Biden's allies are preparing for a potential impeachment by House Republicans and aiming to use it against GOP candidates in the 2024 elections, painting the impeachment effort as a baseless political stunt and highlighting the disarray within the Republican Party.
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.
The House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden turned out to be a disastrous hearing filled with fabricated evidence and baseless accusations.
House Republicans face backlash as they pursue an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on the eve of a potential government shutdown, with voters split on the issue and expressing concerns about the impact on programs and government employees, according to polls and interviews with voters.
As House Republicans elect a new speaker, their push for an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden faces challenges and divisions within the party, hindering progress and slowing down the legislative agenda.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer suggests he's tired of holding impeachment hearings for President Joe Biden due to the limited time allotted to each member and the difficulty in keeping everyone focused on the task at hand, hinting that a Jan. 6-style hearing would be more effective.
House Republicans are demanding proof that President Joe Biden loaned his brother money five years ago, as they try to find evidence of corruption and advance their impeachment inquiry.