2023 U.S. presidential impeachment inquiry
Impeachment inquiry of Joe Biden Accused Joe Biden , 46th President of the United StatesProponents Lead official James Comer Committees Committee chairs Date September 12, 2023 – present (10 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) Charges Political corruption, abuse of power, obstruction Cause
Allegations that Joe Biden financially benefited from business dealings with his son, Hunter Biden
Allegations that Hunter was given preferential treatment during a federal investigation
On September 12, 2023, Kevin McCarthy , then-speaker of the United States House of Representatives , announced an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden . The inquiry was conducted by the House's Judiciary , Oversight and Ways and Means committees. James Comer , chairman of the Oversight Committee, was named to lead the investigation.
Speaker McCarthy had twelve days earlier said an inquiry would require a majority House vote. He initiated the inquiry stating that recent House investigations "paint a picture of corruption" by Biden and his family.[1] [2] [3] [4] No congressional investigations had yet discovered any evidence of wrongdoing by Joe Biden himself.[a] The inquiry held a public hearing on September 28, 2023.[9]
Despite neither the earlier Comer committee investigation nor the impeachment inquiry finding evidence of wrongdoing by the president, on December 13, 2023, majority House Republicans unanimously approved a resolution to formalize the inquiry. Democrats unanimously voted against the resolution.[10] Lacking evidence and Republican appetite to proceed to impeachment hearings with their thin House majority, by March 2024 the impeachment inquiry was winding down.[11] [12]
On February 15, 2024, the FBI arrested and charged Alexander Smirnov , who was the central[13] [14] figure in bribery allegations against Biden, for lying to investigators and fabricating an uncorroborated[13] story to damage Biden's reelection campaign, and that "officials associated with Russian intelligence were involved" in manufacturing the story.[13] [15] [16] [17]
^ Mascaro, Lisa; Farnoush, Amiri (September 12, 2023). "Speaker McCarthy directs the House to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden" . Associated Press News . Archived from the original on September 12, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023 .
^ Zanona, Melanie; Tablot, Haley; Fox, Lauren; Grayer, Annie (September 12, 2023). "McCarthy calls for formal impeachment inquiry into Biden amid pressure from conservatives" . CNN. Archived from the original on September 12, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023 .
^ Cortellessa, Eric (September 8, 2023). "McCarthy Lacks the Votes For an Impeachment Inquiry. Trump's Allies Have a Plan to Get Them" . Time . Archived from the original on September 12, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023 .
^ Griffing, Alex (September 12, 2023). " 'He Doesn't Have Enough Votes': CNN's Manu Raju Explains Why McCarthy Backtracked on Impeachment Vote" . Mediaite . Archived from the original on September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023 .
^ Broadwater, Luke (May 10, 2023). "House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on May 22, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023 .
^ Demirjian, Karoun (July 4, 2023). "Republicans Are Divided on Impeaching Biden as Panel Begins New Inquiry" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on August 1, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023 .
^ Perry Stein; Devlin Barrett; Matt Viser (August 17, 2023). "How a fight over immunity unraveled Hunter Biden's plea deal" . The Washington Post . Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023 .
^ Otten, Tori (September 12, 2023). "McCarthy Plans Biden Impeachment Inquiry—With No Evidence and Not Enough Votes" . The New Republic . Archived from the original on September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023 .
^ "US: Biden impeachment inquiry hearing begins" . Deutsche Welle. September 28, 2023. Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023 .
^ Moira Warburton; Katharine Jackson (December 13, 2023). "Biden impeachment inquiry authorized by House Republicans, despite lack of evidence" . Reuters. Archived from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2024 .
^ Mascaro, Lisa (March 20, 2024). "Republicans make last-ditch request for Biden to testify as impeachment inquiry winds down" . Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024 .
^ Grayer, Annie (April 15, 2024). "White House declines invite for Biden to testify in House Oversight impeachment inquiry" . CNN. Archived from the original on May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024 . House Republicans have not uncovered evidence of wrongdoing by the president and currently do not have the votes in the House to impeach him given their narrow, divided majority
^ a b c Broadwater, Luke; Thrush, Glenn (February 23, 2024). "Ignoring Warnings, G.O.P. Trumpeted Now-Discredited Allegation Against Biden" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on March 1, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024 .
^ Nazzaro, Miranda (February 22, 2024). "Indicted FBI informant central to GOP Biden probe rearrested" . The Hill . Archived from the original on March 1, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024 .
^ Thrush, Glenn (February 15, 2024). "Ex-F.B.I. Informant Is Charged With Lying Over Bidens' Role in Ukraine Business" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on February 29, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024 .
^ Barrett, Devlin (February 20, 2024). "Informant charged with lies about Bidens also claimed Russian contacts, feds say" . The Washington Post . ISSN 0190-8286 . Archived from the original on March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024 .
^ Whitehurst, Lindsay (February 21, 2024). "How is an ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens allegedly linked to Russian intelligence?" . Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024 .
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