WASHINGTON D.C.- In a party-line vote of 221 to 212, House Republicans Wednesday passed a resolution to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into the alleged foreign business dealings of the family of President Joe Biden. The resolution formalizes months-long inquiries being led by Republicans on three separate House committees that the White House has said were not legitimate because it was not voted on by the House.
At the center of the allegations made against Biden and his family by Republicans are alleged foreign business dealings of the President’s son, Hunter. Some Republicans have alleged that during his time as Vice President Biden used his role to provide access to his son’s business clients and that the Biden family benefited financially from them, however, to date the informal inquiries have not provided evidence to support these claims.
Ahead of the vote, House Speaker Mike Johnson emphasized the difference between a vote to open an impeachment inquiry and a vote to impeach. “We’re not going to prejudge the outcome of this because we can’t,” said Johnson. “It’s not a political calculation. We’re following the law and we are the rule of law team and I’m going to hold to that.”
Biden has called the vote a, “baseless political stunt.”
“House Republicans are not joining me. Instead of doing anything to help make Americans’ lives better, they are focused on attacking me with lies,” said Biden.
Congressman Mike Lawler (R, NY-17) disagrees and believes the inquiry is warranted.
“For the past 11 months, the House Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means Committees have been conducting multiple investigations into the financial dealings of the Biden Family. These committees have uncovered foreign transactions totaling over $24 million passing through at least 20 shell companies to the Biden family — including payments to Joe Biden — and its business associates from Chinese, Russian, Romanian, and Ukrainian…
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