Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, said Sunday that he is considering President Joe Biden’s possible impeachment after House Republicans heard from voters at Walmart over the Thanksgiving holiday. said that it is increasing.
Republicans are investigating Biden over allegations that he benefited from intervening in his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings with China and Ukraine (including bribery charges) when he was vice president under former President Barack Obama. There is. The allegations have been denied by the White House and Hunter Biden’s lawyers, and Democrats have criticized the Republican impeachment inquiry for failing to find significant evidence against the president.
Once the impeachment inquiry is complete, the Judiciary Committee will decide whether to draft articles of impeachment against Biden for a vote in the House. Comer said a vote could take place by early 2024.
Appearing on FOX News Sunday Morning Futures with Maria BartiromoComer, a Republican from Kentucky, was asked by Bartiromo if he thought he had enough votes in the House for a formal impeachment inquiry against Biden.
Comer said moderate House Republicans are now more motivated to vote in favor of the Biden impeachment inquiry after going home for Thanksgiving and hearing from constituents at Walmart.
“That’s right. A reporter asked me, “What’s changed?” I’ll tell you one thing that has changed. Something wonderful happened during Thanksgiving. Many of our members returned home for the first time and walked around outside for the first time in over 10 weeks. And they met with people at Walmart and people on Main Street, where they heard from voters, “What on earth did the Biden family do to take millions of dollars from their enemies around the world, and what did they do about it?” Didn’t you pay your taxes?” So they heard from voters, “Yes, we want to move forward, we want to know the truth, and we want to see the Biden family held accountable for public corruption,” Comer said. “So I am confident that we will have the votes to proceed with this impeachment inquiry.”
newsweek has reached out to Comer and Biden for comment via email.
As part of the impeachment inquiry, Comer has subpoenaed several members of the president’s family, including his brother James Biden and son Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden has been directed to take a deposition on Dec. 13, and the president’s younger brother is currently scheduled for Dec. 6.
Comer said in an interview with Fox News last week that the oversight committee produced “a lot of hard-hitting evidence” during the investigation. But several House members expressed unconvincing evidence to persuade them to vote to impeach Biden on corruption charges.
Rep. Ken Buck, a Colorado Republican who is part of the hard-line Freedom Caucus and twice voted against impeaching former President Donald Trump, wrote in a September opinion piece: washington post: “Trump’s impeachment in 2019 was a disgrace to the Constitution and a disservice to the American people. Republican re-election in 2023 will be no different.”
Comer took aim at Buck on Sunday, responding to a question from Bartiromo about the need for a majority vote to impeach Biden, saying, “The majority is very small, and this week George Santos was ousted. It’s going to be even less now, right?”
“Yeah, that’s tough,” Comer agreed. “I think we could lose one or two members. I mean, Ken Buck, he votes against everything. He’s certainly trying his best to be the next anchor of MSNBC.”
newsweek Mr. Buck was contacted for comment via email.
Republicans hold a narrow majority in the House, so if the articles of impeachment come to the floor for a vote, they would need near-unanimous Republican support to reach the 218-vote threshold. No House Democrats appear to support the move.
This is not the first time that questionable evidence in Biden’s impeachment inquiry has faced criticism.
In October, Comer released what he suggested was evidence of Biden’s corruption, including an image of a $200,000 check sent to the president by his brother James Biden and sister-in-law Sarah in 2018. shared. The check was issued and marked as loan repayment. On the same day in 2018, Amecore Health LLC transferred $200,000 to James Biden’s bank account.
Since Comer announced the discovery, many people have told X (formerly Twitter) that the discovery of the check made to Biden meant that the money was sent as a “loan repayment” and that the money was sent to Biden before it was sent. He ridiculed the lawmaker’s claim, saying it clearly showed that the money had been transferred. president.
White House Oversight and Investigations Press Secretary Ian Sams said in an October He wrote that he was trying “desperately” to deflect from the incident.
Comer argues that the loan repayments raise questions about whether the president personally benefited from his family’s business.
“Even if this was a personal loan repayment, Joe Biden’s ability to repay it from his brother depended on the success of his family’s shady financial transactions,” he said in a video statement announcing the findings in October. remains a concern.”
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