{"id":2029996,"date":"2023-09-12T22:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T02:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-barrasso-only-gop-leader-to-back-mccarthy-launching-impeachment-inquiry-into-biden\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T22:22:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T02:22:53","slug":"senator-barrasso-only-gop-leader-to-back-mccarthy-launching-impeachment-inquiry-into-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-barrasso-only-gop-leader-to-back-mccarthy-launching-impeachment-inquiry-into-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Barrasso stands alone among GOP leaders in supporting McCarthy&#8217;s call for an impeachment inquiry into Biden."},"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\">34<\/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%2Fsenator-barrasso-only-gop-leader-to-back-mccarthy-launching-impeachment-inquiry-into-biden%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=2029996&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>Republican Senator Backs \u2063Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, has thrown his support behind House Speaker Kevin McCarthy\u2019s (R-CA) decision to launch an impeachment\u2064 inquiry \u2063into President Joe Biden. Barrasso believes that the corruption surrounding the\u2064 Biden family needs to be untangled.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Punchbowl News,\u2062 Barrasso expressed his \u2063belief that it\u200d is crucial for the House to \u2062unravel \u200dthe web\u200c of corruption emanating from the Biden\u2062 administration, particularly concerning the \u200bBiden family. He also revealed\u200c that he has\u2064 invited House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) \u2063and\u2064 House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) to a weekly \u200dSteering Committee\u2063 meeting \u200dto \u200bprovide updates on\u2062 the impeachment inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, McCarthy\u2019s announcement comes \u2064as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-22-of-cable-news-is-news-study\/\" title=\"Only 22% of Cable \u2018News\u2019 is News: Study\">recent poll conducted<\/a> by The Wall Street Journal shows that 80% of Republican voters support Congress impeaching President Biden.<\/p>\n<h3>Senate Republicans\u2062 Differ on Impeachment Inquiry<\/h3>\n<p>While \u200cBarrasso supports\u200d the impeachment inquiry, \u2062Senate \u200cMinority Whip John \u200cThune (R-SD) has distanced himself from the proceedings, arguing that\u2063 the Senate should\u2062 focus on other priorities. Thune believes that conducting an impeachment trial while trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-pass-government-funding-debt-ceiling-bill-thats-dead-on-arrival-in-the-senate-amid-shutdown-fears\/\" title=\"House Democrats Pass Government Funding, Debt Ceiling Bill That\u2019s Dead-On-Arrival In The Senate Amid Shutdown Fears\">pass government funding<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-l-a-to-offer-housing-to-homeless-population-on-skid-row-says-city-and-county-created-a-legacy-of-entrenched-structural-racism\/\" title=\"Judge Orders L.A. To Offer Housing To Homeless Population On Skid Row, Says City And County \u2018Created A Legacy Of Entrenched Structural Racism\u2019\">upcoming fiscal year<\/a> \u2063would not be\u2063 productive.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader\u2062 Mitch McConnell (R-KY),\u2062 who previously expressed\u200c concerns about impeaching\u2063 Biden, declined to comment extensively on the matter, stating that McCarthy does not require his advice.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Sen. John\u200b Cornyn (R-TX) suggested that instead \u200bof pursuing an\u200b impeachment inquiry, the House\u2064 should \u2064prioritize\u200d other\u200b issues that have a higher \u2063likelihood \u2063of \u200dsuccess.<\/p>\n<h3>McCarthy\u2019s Allegations Against President Biden<\/h3>\n<p>In a letter to Republican members,\u2063 McCarthy outlined\u2063 the House\u2019s investigation findings, which\u2062 allege that President Biden lied to the \u2062American people about his knowledge of his family\u2019s\u2063 foreign business dealings.\u2062 The letter includes several\u200c damning claims:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8211; \u200dEyewitness testimony \u2062reveals that President Biden had \u200dmultiple interactions with his son\u2019s business partners, and foreign nationals sent Hunter Biden millions of dollars and bought him a Porsche after meeting with the President.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Bank records\u2063 indicate that nearly $20 million in payments were directed to\u200b Biden family members and \u200cassociates through various\u200b shell\u200b companies, with over 150 transactions flagged as suspicious activity by U.S. banks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; A trusted FBI informant provided\u200c information about \u200dalleged\u2062 bribes\u200b to the Biden family.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Evidence suggests that Biden used his official office\u2062 to coordinate with Hunter Biden\u2019s business partner regarding \u2062Hunter\u2019s role in a Ukrainian energy company called Burisma.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>-\u2062 The President\u2019s family has received special treatment from Biden\u2019s administration, \u2062including\u2064 a controversial plea deal that the Department of Justice attempted to push through unnoticed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senator-barrasso-introduces-arrow-act-to-stop-bidens-attacks-on-school-hunting-archery-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senator Barrasso Introduces ARROW Act To Stop Biden\u2019s Attacks On \u200cSchool Hunting,\u2063 Archery Programs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punchbowl News that Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, supported House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s (R-CA) move to initiate an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. Barrasso emphasized the necessity of unraveling the alleged corruption involving the Biden family. He stood alone among Republican leaders in endorsing McCarthy&#8217;s endeavor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2029997,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2029996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2029996","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2029996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}