Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy finally kicked things into gear and did what his much of his party has been demanding of him since he was elected Speaker in January: get moving on an impeachment into Biden centering on the embarrassing aspects of his family’s alleged influence peddling operation.
Such is what McCarthy announced in a Tuesday morning press event, saying,”I am directing our House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Over the past several months, House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct—a culture of corruption.“
He also posted a video of the announcement, captioning it, “I am directing our House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Over the past several months, House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct—a culture of corruption.“
As you can hear in the speech, Speaker McCarthy noted that a set of committees, and thus their chairmen, will be relied upon to conduct the impeachment inquiry. Those three stalwarts who are taking over for now are Rep. Comer of Kentucky, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, and Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri. Rep. Comer is in charge of the powerful House Oversight Commitee, Rep. Jordan heads the House Judiciary Committee and Weaponization of the Government Subcommittee, and Rep. Smith heads the House Ways and Means Committee.
The group is an interesting one, as Smith is lesser known among the GOP base, whereas Rep. Comer and Rep. Jordan are both generally viewed as attack dogs on issues involving corruption or misuse of government power, and so are obvious choices to lead the attack.
Further, as both are able to act as attacks dog while also staying away from acting like loons, their ability to get to the bottom of what Biden was up to while also staying away from fringe theories that waste their time should be helpful to the effort.
Smith, whose past work int he government involved working with the Treasury Department, is expected to be a valuable asset for that reason. While Comer and Jordan can go on the more obvious attack, Smith might be able to work his more traditional DC relationships and understanding of the system to compile hard evidence needed by his compatriots that could otherwise prove a challenge to pull from the hands of the Deep State and bureaucracy.
Rep. Jordan commented on the matter of the impeachment inquiry on his X (formerly Twitter) account, saying, “We’ll follow the facts, the constitution, and the law. @SpeakerMcCarthy is right to launch this impeachment inquiry.“
Together, the three men released a joint statement on the impeachment inquiry, saying, “Since January, House Republicans have uncovered an overwhelming amount of evidence showing President Joe Biden lied to the American people about his knowledge and participation in his family’s influence peddling schemes. Bank records, suspicious activity reports, emails, texts, and witness testimony reveal Joe Biden allowed his family to sell him as ‘the brand’ around the world to enrich the Bidens. And, thanks to two brave IRS whistleblowers, we know that the Justice Department – which has been sitting on much of this evidence – has prevented career investigators from pursuing information that could have led to Joe Biden. Based on the evidence, we support the opening of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The House Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Judiciary, and Ways and Means, will continue to work to follow the facts to ensure President Biden is held accountable for abusing public office for his family’s financial gain. The American people demand and deserve answers, transparency, and accountability for this blatant abuse of public office.”
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 12, 2023
Jason Smith image credit: By MoNewsHorizon – https://www.flickr.com/photos/monewshorizon/5388624497/in/set-72157625782174389/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22898685; Rep. Comer image credit: By Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53330952
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