{"id":2013912,"date":"2023-08-28T01:17:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T05:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-says-impeachment-inquiry-into-biden-is-natural-step-forward\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T01:20:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T05:20:01","slug":"mccarthy-says-impeachment-inquiry-into-biden-is-natural-step-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-says-impeachment-inquiry-into-biden-is-natural-step-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy: Biden impeachment inquiry is a &#8216;natural progression&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmccarthy-says-impeachment-inquiry-into-biden-is-natural-step-forward%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2013912&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House\u2062 Speaker McCarthy: Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden a &#8220;Natural\u2064 Step Forward&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>House Speaker \u200bKevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) stated that initiating \u2064an impeachment inquiry\u2062 into President Joe Biden \u200bwould be a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-claims-hunter-biden-investigation-due-to-house-republican-majority\/\" title=\"McCarthy alleges Hunter Biden probe driven by GOP majority in House.\">natural step forward<\/a>.&#8221; McCarthy made this comment during an appearance on\u200b Fox\u200c News&#8217; &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This statement \u2063comes \u200bafter McCarthy&#8217;s\u200b earlier remarks on Monday, \u200cwhere \u200dhe expressed that the impeachment action against the president could\u200d begin soon.\u2063 This follows unresolved questions from \u200dthe House Oversight and Accountability Committee&#8217;s investigations into the Biden family&#8217;s business dealings.<\/p>\n<p>In his \u200dinterview with Fox News Channel&#8217;s &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures,&#8221;\u2062 McCarthy emphasized\u200c that an impeachment inquiry would provide \u2064Congress with &#8220;the\u2062 apex of legal power \u200bto get all the information\u200b they need.&#8221; This would allow them to investigate concerns over whether President \u200cBiden misused his office to assist family businesses.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/mccarthy-gives-update-on-possible-biden-impeachment-inquiry-5479162\">McCarthy Gives \u2064Update on Possible\u200d Biden Impeachment Inquiry<\/a> &#8211; 8\/23\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/foreigners-paid-more-than-20-million-to-biden-family-associates-bank-records-5453849\">Foreigners Paid More Than $20 Million to Biden Family, Associates: \u2062Bank\u200c Records<\/a> &#8211; 8\/9\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;If you look\u2063 at all the information we \u2063have been\u200b able to gather so\u200b far, it \u2063is a natural step forward that you would have to go to an impeachment inquiry,&#8221; \u2062McCarthy told host Maria Bartiromo. He expects action from \u200bthe Republican-majority House when members return to Washington in mid-September.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy previously stated that the inquiry was\u2064 necessary to overcome stonewalling by congressional investigators. They are seeking transparency regarding the\u200b Biden family&#8217;s business records. Testimony from former Hunter Biden associate Devon Archer revealed that President\u200c Biden met with his son&#8217;s business partners while he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a>. Concerns were\u2063 also raised by whistleblowers at the IRS regarding Hunter \u200dBiden&#8217;s tax records.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has not \u200cdenied Archer&#8217;s\u2064 claims, and \u2063President Biden has repeatedly denied any involvement or knowledge of his family&#8217;s business activities. The White \u200dHouse has not responded to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the committee \u2062has subpoenaed six different banks and received thousands of bank records\u200d related to the \u200dbusiness activities of Mr. Biden&#8217;s family members. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-pastor-allegedly-used-coronavirus-relief-funds-to-buy-39-cars-and-a-house\/\" title=\"DC Pastor Allegedly Used Coronavirus Relief Funds To Buy 39 Cars And A House\">records revealed<\/a> that over \u2062$20 million in payments from \u200bforeign sources were \u2064made to the president&#8217;s relatives and their business associates during\u2063 Mr. Biden&#8217;s tenure as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-criminal-investigation-ramps-up-over-attempts-to-overturn-2020-election\/\" title=\"Intensified probe into election overturn attempts.\">vice\u200d president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Payments\u200c were made by Romanian, Chinese, and Russian nationals, among others, and were \u2064funneled through a network of at \u200cleast 20\u200c shell \u2064companies before reaching the Biden family members.<\/p>\n<p>However, McCarthy believes there are \u200bstill unanswered questions: &#8220;The American public \u2062deserves an answer: who was lying [about the allegations made so far], what information went on,\u2062 who paid, \u2063and what foreign governments?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To get the answers to these questions,\u200c you would \u2062need an impeachment inquiry to empower \u2062Congress, Republicans, and Democrats to uncover the \u200btruth that the American people deserve,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>(L-R) Kenes Rakishev, Hunter Biden,\u2063 Vice President Joe Biden, and Kazakhstani Prime Minister \u200cKarim Massimov pose for\u2062 a photo after a \u2063dinner at the Cafe Milano in Washington during\u200c the spring of 2014. (Courtesy of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even if \u200dthe president were to be impeached in\u2064 the House, it is unlikely that he would\u200b be removed from office by the\u200b Senate, which has a Democrat majority.<\/p>\n<p>With the start of the next budget year approaching on October 1, Congress will need\u200c to approve \u2062the \u200dnext round of government spending to\u200d avoid a partial federal closure. McCarthy suggests passing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-says-impeachment-inquiry-into-biden-is-natural-step-forward\/\" title=\"McCarthy: Biden impeachment inquiry is a 'natural progression'.\">short-term\u200b funding \u200bmeasure<\/a>, or continuing resolution (CR), to keep the government running while investigations into the Biden family&#8217;s finances and the\u200b president&#8217;s potential\u200b involvement\u200c continue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe \u200bwe have enough time to pass all the appropriation bills by Sept. 30, so I would actually like to have a short-term CR only to make our arguments stronger,&#8221; McCarthy explained. He emphasized that a\u2064 government shutdown would\u200c negatively impact the American public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) believes launching an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden is a logical progression. McCarthy&#8217;s statement on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; follows his earlier remarks on Monday, suggesting that impeachment proceedings against the president may commence soon due to lingering concerns from the House Oversight and Accountability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":2013913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2013912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}