Top U.S. House Republican McCarthy calls for Biden impeachment inquiry
The Hindu
McCarthy: Calls for impeachment inquiry into Biden; GOP right flank encourages move; House Dems impeached Trump twice; Biden accused of profiting from son's foreign biz; White House denies; Dems call it distraction; Trump faces criminal indictments; Trump impeached twice, acquitted; Biden mocks GOP.
Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on September 12 called for an impeachment inquiry into Democratic President Joe Biden encouraged by his party's right flank — a move certain to further divide lawmakers as they struggle to passing legislation to avoid a government shutdown.
"I am directing our House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden," Mr. McCarthy told reporters.
Many in Mr. McCarthy's party were infuriated when the House, then controlled by Democrats, twice impeached Republican President Donald Trump — in 2019 and 2021 — though he was acquitted both times in the Senate.
Mr. Biden, who defeated Mr. Trump in the 2020 election, is seeking re-election next year. Republicans, who now narrowly control the House, have accused Mr. Biden of profiting while he served as vice president from 2009 to 2017 from his son Hunter Biden's foreign business ventures, though they have not presented substantiation.
A former business associate of the younger Biden told an House hearing that Hunter Biden sold the "illusion" of access to power while his father was vice president, according to a transcript released last month.
The White House has said there is no basis for an investigation and Mr. Biden has mocked Republicans over a possible impeachment.
Democrats have sought to portray Republican impeachment talk as an effort to distract public attention from the legal woes of Mr. Trump, who faces four separate criminal indictments while running for his party's nomination to face Mr. Biden in the 2024 U.S. election.
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