House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that initiating an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden would be a “natural step forward.”
The comment on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” comes after the speaker started off the week on Monday saying that the impeachment action against the president could start soon following unresolved questions from the House Oversight and Accountability Committee’s investigations into the Biden family’s business dealings.
In an interview with Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Mr. McCarthy said that an impeachment inquiry would provide Congress “the apex of legal power to get all the information they need” to investigate concerns over whether President Biden misused his office to assist family businesses.
“If you look at all the information we have been able to gather so far, it is a natural step forward that you would have to go to an impeachment inquiry,” Mr. McCarthy told host Maria Bartiromo of likely action by the Republican-majority House, with members set to return to Washington in mid-September.
Mr. McCarthy said on Monday that the inquiry was needed to overcome stonewalling of congressional investigators looking for transparency about the Biden family’s business records following testimony from former Hunter Biden associate Devon Archer that President Biden met with son Hunter Biden’s business partners during the time he was vice president, as well as concerns raised by whistleblowers at the IRS regarding Hunter Biden’s tax records.
The White House hasn’t denied Mr. Archer’s claims. President Biden has repeatedly denied having participated or have had any knowledge of his family’s business activities. The White House has not responded to a request for comment.
Thus far, the committee has subpoenaed six different banks, receiving thousands of bank records of several businesses and individuals connected to the business activities of Mr. Biden’s family members.
Those records showed that more than $20 million in payments from foreign sources have been made to the president’s relatives, including Hunter Biden, and their business associates while Mr. Biden was acting as U.S. vice president from 2009 to 2017.
Romanian, Chinese, and Russian nationals were among those making payments to the Biden family and their associates. The records also revealed that the funds were funneled through a network of at least 20 shell companies before being transferred to Biden family members.
However, Mr. McCarthy said there are still questions that remain unanswered: “The American public deserve an answer: who was lying [about the allegations made so far], what information went on, who paid, and what foreign governments?”
“And to be able to get the answers to these questions, you would need impeachment inquiry to empower Congress, Republicans, and Democrats to be able to get the answers that the American people deserve to know,” he said.
Even if the president were to be impeached in the House, he is unlikely to be removed from office by the Senate, which has a Democrat majority.
The Oct. 1 start of the next budget year is also fast approaching, and Congress will need to approve the next round of government spending to avoid a partial federal closure.
Mr. McCarthy said that passing a short-term funding measure, or continuing resolution (CR), will be necessary to keep the government running past the end of September while ensuring that investigations into the Biden family’s finances and whether the president played any role could continue.
“I don’t believe we have enough time to pass all the appropriation bills by Sept. 30, so I would actually like to have a short-term CR only to make our arguments stronger,” the house speaker said of this plans for the House in the upcoming Congress.
“If we shut down, all the government shuts down; investigation and everything else. It hurts the American public.
“But if we’re able to pass our appropriation bills, we’re in a stronger position to remove those [former House Speaker Nancy] ‘Pelosi policies’ that are locked into law right now—the wokeism, the overspending, the non-security of this border,” he said.
Samantha Flom and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
President Joe Beijing Biden has repeatedly denied having participated or have had any knowledge of his family’s business activities.
And we all know that Joe Beijing Biden LIES about Everything.
Even if the president were to be impeached in the House, he is unlikely to be removed from office by the Senate, which has a Democrat majority because the dishonest, unethical Democrats IN congress only serve the traitorous, destructive, woke Democrat Party and NOT the U.S. citizens.
Stop talking and start doing Clowns !!
My sentiments exactly. STOP WHALLFING about this, and get it done already.
WE ARE sick to death of buttheads in office, BARKING UP a good fight but when push comes to shove, ACTUALLY DOING JACK SQUAT about it.
The Democrats impeached Trump over a Ulrainian phone call requesting the investigation of corruption and misuse of American aid. Joe bribes Ukarainian officials with hundreds of millions in military aid to keep Ukrainain mouths shut and get tens of million richer back under the table for his family. This does not sound like equal treatment under the law, but unequal corruption of the guilty lawless. If you know someone is guilty, they first start lying through their teeth about the obvious, then get the media to continue their lie as if the deal was closed like the sale of a used car, then begin to not only accuse tohers of the same crimes they have accomplished themselves, but use the legal system to divert the attention of WE THE PEOPLE long enough to steal another election. This is what rebellions are made of which is what we will get if Congress refuses to act and remove these Democrat pimples off the hind end of the American body politic.
Why must the GOP go through so much lip service, before there are any actions? If you have the evidence of proof that crosses the lines into unethical breaches of US sovereignty and even more, take action and move forward without hesitation to stop this country from imminent destruction!
Good question, but you have to realize what is going on right now in the government. The democrats are in power with regard to the judicial department as well as the Senate and presidency. There is not much chance of successfully impeaching the crooked Bidenistas at this point. The leftists are very serious about taking over completely and doing away with the society we know. This can only be solved at the polls (with very careful oversight of same).
So don’t take action, because you know it won’t go anywhere?
No, I didn’t say “Don’t take action”. But I do say don’t expect we can turn this around by impeaching Biden. There will be another Biden type leftist to take his place because much of the country doesn’t understand what is going on politically. I don’t know about you but personally I want to fix what has happened to our government as priority one. The Bidens being in jail would be nice, but that’s not gonna fix anything.
SO what then? HOPE that some how we can win back the house and senate?? HOPE that the dems voter fraud machine won’t STEAL the 2024 election, like they did in 2020/2022??
Hope?? If we can’t win back the house, senate and white house we are done anyway. What exactly do you think will happen if we impeach the crook? Let’s see, Kamala becomes president, right? That would certainly be to our advantage wouldn’t it? Then when the next election comes around the democrats would be done with the anchor around their necks (Biden) so they could start all over with an even bigger Marxist like Newsom.
With regard to the democrats “stealing the election”, if we can’t fix that it really doesn’t much matter about the impeachment issue does it?
WE’ve seen for DECADES the republicans, do JACK SQUAT, to hold accountable those who shanked things up, EVEN WHEN THEY HAD CONTROL..
So what makes you think anything will be different, if they win back the house/senate this time?!
A “natural step forward” would be to get rid of McCarthy’s sad gluteus maximus. He is NOT a conservative and is NOT on the right side. Adios NO amigo.
Let’s get the show on the road. If this was Trump, he would have been impeached and removed from office months ago. All the evidence of Biden’s corruption is there complete with FBI and IRS whistleblowers. Justice delayed is justice denied and the American people deserve justice now.
While an impeachment inquiry into the Biden administration might be ‘a natural progression’ it is TOTALLY ‘HIGH SCHOOL’!!! It is a ‘get even’ move because Trump was impeached. I would like the politicians in Washington DC to act as ADULTS not immature kids!!!!
Probably need more than one witness. Would help if the witness had a more reputable reputation and a solid track record.
Geez guys, find another witness who’ll say Biden did something really illegal. His son may have done something, but I simply don’t see where we got a good case.
There is plenty of evidence and many “witnesses” that have not been made public. Of this you can be sure. The question is what the best course of action is to advance our cause.
Sounds like a lot of nothing. Especially with the witness being presented.