{"id":2043015,"date":"2023-09-24T07:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T11:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-turn-the-screw-on-joe-biden-impeachment-inquiry-and-hunter-biden-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-09-24T07:40:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T11:40:13","slug":"republicans-turn-the-screw-on-joe-biden-impeachment-inquiry-and-hunter-biden-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-turn-the-screw-on-joe-biden-impeachment-inquiry-and-hunter-biden-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP intensifies pressure on Biden impeachment inquiry and Hunter Biden probe."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Frepublicans-turn-the-screw-on-joe-biden-impeachment-inquiry-and-hunter-biden-investigation%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=2043015&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 Republicans to Hold First\u200b Hearing on Impeachment Inquiry into President Joe Biden<\/h2>\n<p>House\u2062 Republicans are gearing up for their first hearing on the impeachment \u200binquiry into President Joe \u2063Biden, scheduled for Thursday.\u200d This is just the beginning, \u2062as they plan to conduct several\u200b behind-closed-doors interviews and depositions in \u2062the coming days and weeks.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>The Basis for an Impeachment Inquiry of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.<\/h3>\n<p>The hearing, titled \u201cThe Basis for an Impeachment Inquiry\u2064 of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.,\u201d\u2063 will be conducted by the House Oversight Committee. It\u200b will delve into \u201cconstitutional and legal questions\u201d surrounding allegations that Biden was improperly involved in his\u200d son Hunter Biden\u2019s business dealings, \u2062according to a\u2063 committee aide.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The committee has yet to publicly confirm the witnesses for the hearing. However,\u200c Chairman James Comer\u2019s \u2062(R-KY) office \u200bannounced plans to subpoena \u2064bank records of two of the president&#8217;s immediate family members, Hunter Biden and James Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Comer, along with Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Jason Smith (R-MO), is leading the impeachment\u200c inquiry. They \u200dare investigating claims \u200dthat Joe Biden used\u2062 his authority as vice president for personal financial gain, as well as allegations of preferential treatment given \u200dto Hunter Biden \u2063by the Justice Department during a tax investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan \u2064and Smith are specifically focused on the latter component \u200dof the \u200cinvestigation. They have already conducted interviews with FBI officials \u2062and IRS agents, which corroborated parts \u200dof the whistleblowers&#8217; \u2063accounts. Transcripts of these interviews obtained by the Washington Examiner revealed that the DOJ&#8217;s investigation into Hunter \u200cBiden moved\u200c slowly and that \u2063U.S. attorneys in Washington, D.C., and California \u200ddid not collaborate with special counsel David Weiss to bring charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan has subpoenaed two additional officials from the DOJ&#8217;s \u200dTax Division for depositions this \u2063week. The remaining seven officials, \u2062all \u2064from the DOJ, have tentative interview dates. Jordan has been negotiating with the DOJ regarding the conditions for these interviews and has sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland outlining his expectations.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman \u200cComer expressed his\u2064 willingness to interview Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf,\u2064 who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-turn-the-screw-on-joe-biden-impeachment-inquiry-and-hunter-biden-investigation\/\" title=\"GOP intensifies pressure on Biden impeachment inquiry and Hunter Biden probe.\">allegedly obstructed federal investigators<\/a> in the \u200dHunter Biden case. He also intends to meet with special counsel David \u200dWeiss and other key \u200bfigures involved in\u200d the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations \u2063for the interviews\u2064 are ongoing, and \u2062it remains unclear if any of the dates have been finalized. The DOJ has not responded to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to\u200b read more from the Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How do Republicans hope\u2064 that the impeachment inquiry\u200c will help them in the 2022 midterm \u200delections<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Blicly release \u2064all the \u2064details of\u200c the hearing, but it is expected to include testimony from witness\u200bes,\u2062 as well as\u2064 presentations of evidence\u200d and\u200d legal\u200d arguments. House Republicans have\u2064 been vocal in their criticism of President Biden, accusing him of\u2064 abusing his power and \u200dengaging in corrupt practices. They \u2062claim that Biden used his position \u2063as Vice President during the Obama administration to benefit his son&#8217;s business interests in Ukraine and China.<\/p>\n<p>The impeachment inquiry into President Biden\u2064 comes shortly after the Democratic-led House impeached former President Donald Trump twice, \u200b\u200band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-holds-bilateral-meeting-with-ukraine-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy\/\" title=\"Biden meets Ukraine President Zelenskyy\">amid escalating \u200ctensions<\/a> between Republicans and Democrats over a \u200brange of issues regarding \u200cpolicy and governance. House Republicans have \u200bseized on the allegations against Biden as\u200c an opportunity to regain\u200d political control and divert attention from the ongoing investigations into the events\u200c of January 6th, \u2062when a pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d Republican-led hearing on \u200dthe impeachment inquiry is expected to be\u200b a highly partisan affair, with Republicans seeking \u200cto paint President\u200c Biden as corrupt and unfit \u2062for office,\u2063 while Democrats are likely to argue that\u200d the allegations are\u2063 baseless and politically motivated. \u200cThe outcome of the hearing is unlikely to \u2063result\u200b in the actual impeachment of President Biden, as Democrats \u2063hold a majority in the House and it would require a two-thirds majority vote \u2062in the\u200c Senate to remove him from office.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the hearing serves as \u200ca platform for House Republicans to question and \u2064challenge President Biden&#8217;s integrity and leadership. It\u200d also provides an opportunity for them to \u2064rally their base \u2063and drum up support ahead of the\u2062 2022 midterm elections. Republicans are hopeful that the impeachment inquiry will energize their voter base and help them \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-misspells-milleys-name-miscounts-number-of-troops-in-syria-in-talking-points-on-afghanistan\/\" title=\"WH Misspells Milley\u2019s Name, Miscounts Number Of Troops In Syria In Talking Points On Afghanistan\">win back control<\/a> of the House\u200b of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>While President Biden&#8217;s approval \u200dratings remain relatively high for now, the impeachment inquiry\u200c could have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/budweiser-maker-promises-free-beer-if-70-of-u-s-adults-vaccinated-by-july-4\/\" title=\"Budweiser Maker Promises Free Beer If 70% Of U.S. Adults Vaccinated By July 4\">long-term implications<\/a> for his presidency.\u200c It could weaken \u2063his political standing, undermine public \u200ctrust, and\u2063 hinder\u200d his ability to enact\u2063 his \u2063legislative agenda.\u200b The\u2063 outcome of the hearing and subsequent investigations into the\u200d allegations\u2063 against President Biden will likely shape the \u200bpolitical\u2062 landscape and impact the 2022 elections.<\/p>\n<p>The impeachment inquiry into President Biden is yet \u200danother chapter in \u2062the ongoing political divide and\u200b partisan battles that have characterized American politics in recent years.\u2063 As the nation grapples with the\u2062 challenges\u2064 posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic\u2063 recovery, racial injustice, and \u200cclimate \u2062change, the impeachment proceedings only serve to deepen the existing divide and hinder efforts \u200bto find common ground and \u200baddress these \u2063pressing issues.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen \u2064how the impeachment inquiry \u200dwill \u2063ultimately unfold and what impact \u2063it will have on the Biden administration\u2064 and the nation as a whole. However, one thing\u200d is clear &#8211; \u2063the political landscape\u200b will continue to be fraught\u2063 with division, as\u2064 both parties \u200dseek to gain and maintain power in a deeply polarized country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans will hold their inaugural hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden on Thursday. They intend to conduct several private interviews and depositions in the coming days and weeks. The hearing, named &#8220;The Basis for an Impeachment Inquiry of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.,&#8221; is set to take place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2043016,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2043015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2043015","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2043015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2043016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2043015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2043015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2043015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}