House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday he is directing House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, amid pressure from some hard-right members of the Republican caucus to do so.

The inquiry would center on whether Biden benefited from his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings, among other issues, McCarthy said.

“These are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption and warrant further investigation by the House of Representatives,” McCarthy told reporters Tuesday morning. “That’s why today I am directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.”

McCarthy spoke for three minutes, did not take any questions and left the lectern shortly after making his remarks. McCarthy has previously said he would not launch an inquiry without a vote by the full house.

The House faces a critical Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. McCarthy has been trying to hang on to support for a funding bill from far-right GOP lawmakers, who have been pushing to impeach Biden.

Republican leaders have been weighing whether to use an impeachment inquiry vote as a bargaining chip in the funding negotiations. But it’s not certain that Republicans have the necessary 218 votes to pass it. Some lawmakers are staunchly against it, and McCarthy has said that an impeachment inquiry would occur through a vote on the House floor, as opposed to his unilateral decision-making.

  • @[email protected]
    49•1 year ago

    We have 99 problems, but an impeachment ain’t one.

    Housing costs, food costs, education, funding the government, confronting climate change, the war in Europe, and the threat of right-wing terrorism.

    These motherfuckers are wasting money and more importantly time to give Trump and his cult a hand job.

    #VOTE OUT REPUBLICANS

    • Hairyblue
      15•1 year ago

      This is all true. But Kevin can lose his position because of these crazy Republicans.

      Republicans want to have Biden be a criminal so so bad that this all they think about. But there is no evidence of this and that is a problem for them.

      Stop voting for Republicans, they don’t believe in our democracy.

      • @CharlesDarwinEnglish
        6•1 year ago

        But there is no evidence of this and that is a problem for them.

        Well, not really for that last part. They’ll be able to use this as a headline for their mouthbreathing base - “Biden getting investigated” - and of course we can count on the far right media to tell that to the base, as well as the “liberal media” doing the both sides thing again.

        There are still so many idiots that are mad at Hillary + Benghaaaaaaazzzzzi over…something. And all because of the exact same ploy.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•1 year ago

        Rather than wasting time with the impeachment, I’d love to see waste time and kick out McCarthy from the speaker position. Then they can spend another 15 voting periods not electing anyone else to the position, until finally settling on McCarthy again.

    • @CharlesDarwinEnglish
      14•1 year ago

      This has the same aims as their bullshit Benghazzzzziiiiiiii “investigations” - it is meant to drive down Biden’s numbers in advance of an election.

      We can count on the bothsiderist “liberal media” to horse race this again, too.