House Republicans release impeachment report on President Biden, but next steps are uncertain
The Hindu
House Republicans release impeachment inquiry report on President Joe Biden, alleging abuse of power and obstruction of justice.
House Republicans have released their initial impeachment inquiry report into President Joe Biden, alleging an abuse of power and obstruction of justice in the financial dealings of his son Hunter Biden and family associates.
The nearly yearlong inquiry by Republicans stops short of alleging any criminal wrongdoing by the President. Instead, the almost 300-page report out Monday (August 19, 2024) ahead of the Democratic National Convention covers familiar ground, asserting the Biden family traded on its “brand” in business ventures in corrupt ways that rise to the Constitution's high bar for impeachment.
With Mr. Biden no longer running for reelection, next steps are highly uncertain.
House Republicans have not had support from their own ranks to actually impeach the President, and removal by the Senate is even further afield. Many Republicans prefer to focus attention on the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, with some probes getting underway.
The White House has dismissed the House impeachment inquiry as a “stunt” and encouraged House Republicans to “move on.” “The totality of the corrupt conduct uncovered by the Committees is egregious,” wrote the House Oversight and Accountability, Judiciary and Ways and Means panels leading the inquiry.
The report said the Constitution's “remedy for a President's flagrant abuse of office is clear: impeachment by the House of Representatives and removal by the Senate.” Republicans have spent the better part of their time in the House majority with a hyper focus on Mr. Biden and his family's businesses, encouraged by Donald Trump as the twice impeached and indicted former President makes a comeback bid for the White House.
The impeachment inquiry has been a cornerstone of the House GOP's effort, launched by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy shortly before he was booted from leadership and formalized in December under new Speaker Mike Johnson. Republicans are investigating many aspects of Biden family finances going back to 2009 when he was vice president to Barack Obama.
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