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The impeachment inquiry has been seen by Republican members of Congress and analysts as potentially being an effort by McCarthy to satisfy hardline right-wing members of the House's narrow Republican majority and avoid a [[motion to vacate]] the speakership. It comes ahead of tenuous negotiations McCarthy is having with his caucus ahead of the [[fiscal year]] deadline to pass [[Appropriations bill (United States)|appropriations bills]] and avert a [[Government shutdowns in the United States|government shutdown]]. Far-right members of Congress have openly tied impeachment demands to other legislative priorities or threatening to vacate the speakership. In late August, Greene stated, "I will not vote to fund the government unless we have passed an impeachment inquiry." In September, [[Matt Gaetz]] said Republicans should be "forcing votes on impeachment. And if Speaker McCarthy stands in our way, he may not have the job long".{{Efn|Attributed to multiple references: <ref name="NYT0912a">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/us/politics/mccarthy-biden-impeachment-inquiry.html |title=McCarthy, Under Threat From Right, Orders Biden Impeachment Inquiry |date=September 12, 2023 |last=Broadwater |first=Luke |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=September 12, 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="CNN0912a"/><ref name="AP1"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Rachel |last2=Faulders |first2=Katherine |last3=Hutzler |first3=Alexandra |last4=Pecorin |first4=Allison |title=McCarthy orders impeachment inquiry into Biden amid pressure from hard-liners |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/speaker-mccarthy-expected-endorse-impeachment-inquiry-president-biden/story?id=103114626 |website=ABC News |access-date=September 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Zurcher |first1=Anthony |title=Biden impeachment inquiry: McCarthy says House will investigate president |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66779228 |website=BBC News |access-date=September 12, 2023 |date=September 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gaetz advocates forcing impeachment votes in warning to McCarthy |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4188271-gaetz-advocates-forcing-impeachment-votes-in-warning-to-mccarthy/ |website=The Hill |date=September 5, 2023}}</ref><ref name = "axioswords"/><ref name = "tnrsenate"/>}} Within a day of the inquiry announcement, several far-right members of the House had declared that McCarthy's launching of an impeachment inquiry had not placated them into dropping their demands related to the budget or affected their attitudes on a motion to vacate.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kapur |first1=Sahil |last2=Wong |first2=Scott |last3=Kaplan |first3=Rebecca |last4=Vitali |first4=Ali |title=Conservatives tell McCarthy impeachment won't resolve government shutdown |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna104822 |website=NBC News |access-date=13 September 2023 |language=en |date=13 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Conservatives got their impeachment inquiry. It may not save Kevin McCarthy from an ouster vote. |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/09/12/congress/house-mccarthy-impeachment-speaker-vacate-motion-00115404|work = Politico|date=September 12, 2023}}</ref> |
The impeachment inquiry has been seen by Republican members of Congress and analysts as potentially being an effort by McCarthy to satisfy hardline right-wing members of the House's narrow Republican majority and avoid a [[motion to vacate]] the speakership. It comes ahead of tenuous negotiations McCarthy is having with his caucus ahead of the [[fiscal year]] deadline to pass [[Appropriations bill (United States)|appropriations bills]] and avert a [[Government shutdowns in the United States|government shutdown]]. Far-right members of Congress have openly tied impeachment demands to other legislative priorities or threatening to vacate the speakership. In late August, Greene stated, "I will not vote to fund the government unless we have passed an impeachment inquiry." In September, [[Matt Gaetz]] said Republicans should be "forcing votes on impeachment. And if Speaker McCarthy stands in our way, he may not have the job long".{{Efn|Attributed to multiple references: <ref name="NYT0912a">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/us/politics/mccarthy-biden-impeachment-inquiry.html |title=McCarthy, Under Threat From Right, Orders Biden Impeachment Inquiry |date=September 12, 2023 |last=Broadwater |first=Luke |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=September 12, 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="CNN0912a"/><ref name="AP1"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Rachel |last2=Faulders |first2=Katherine |last3=Hutzler |first3=Alexandra |last4=Pecorin |first4=Allison |title=McCarthy orders impeachment inquiry into Biden amid pressure from hard-liners |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/speaker-mccarthy-expected-endorse-impeachment-inquiry-president-biden/story?id=103114626 |website=ABC News |access-date=September 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Zurcher |first1=Anthony |title=Biden impeachment inquiry: McCarthy says House will investigate president |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66779228 |website=BBC News |access-date=September 12, 2023 |date=September 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gaetz advocates forcing impeachment votes in warning to McCarthy |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4188271-gaetz-advocates-forcing-impeachment-votes-in-warning-to-mccarthy/ |website=The Hill |date=September 5, 2023}}</ref><ref name = "axioswords"/><ref name = "tnrsenate"/>}} Within a day of the inquiry announcement, several far-right members of the House had declared that McCarthy's launching of an impeachment inquiry had not placated them into dropping their demands related to the budget or affected their attitudes on a motion to vacate.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kapur |first1=Sahil |last2=Wong |first2=Scott |last3=Kaplan |first3=Rebecca |last4=Vitali |first4=Ali |title=Conservatives tell McCarthy impeachment won't resolve government shutdown |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna104822 |website=NBC News |access-date=13 September 2023 |language=en |date=13 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Conservatives got their impeachment inquiry. It may not save Kevin McCarthy from an ouster vote. |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/09/12/congress/house-mccarthy-impeachment-speaker-vacate-motion-00115404|work = Politico|date=September 12, 2023}}</ref> |
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During his September 12 announcement, McCarthy made several claims to justify initiating the inquiry. He said "a trusted FBI informant has alleged a bribe to the Biden family," though the informant merely relayed information to the FBI that the CEO of [[Burisma]] had alleged, and the informant could not vouch for the veracity of the allegation.<ref name = "cnncheck"/> McCarthy said that bank records showed that "nearly $20 million in payments were directed to the Biden family members and associates through various shell companies," and "more than 150 transactions involving the Biden family and other business associates were flagged as suspicious activity by US banks," though Joe Biden himself was never implicated in the payments and the existence of [[suspicious activity reports]] does not alone establish wrongdoing.<ref name = "cnncheck">{{cite news |title=Fact-checking McCarthy’s claims while launching Biden impeachment inquiry |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/13/politics/fact-check-mccarthy-biden-impeachment-claims/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=September 13, 2023|author1=Annie Grayer|author2=Marshall Cohen|author3=Daniel Dale}}</ref><ref name = "wapocheck">{{cite news |last = Bump| first=Philip| title=Assessing the allegations that triggered McCarthy’s impeachment inquiry | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/12/mccarthy-flawed-allegations-biden-impeachment/ | work=The Washington Post | date=September 12, 2023}}</ref> McCarthy also stated that "eyewitnesses have testified that the president joined on multiple phone calls and had multiple interactions, dinners [that] resulted in cars and millions of dollars into his son’s and his son’s business partner's" accounts. However, the testifiers denied that Biden was engaged in business-related discussions.<ref name = "wapocheck"/> |
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Accused | Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States |
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Lead official | James Comer |
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Date | September 12, 2023 – present (11 months and 6 days) |
Charges | Political corruption |
Cause | Allegations that Biden benefited from business dealings with his son Hunter |
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On September 12, 2023, Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, announced an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The inquiry will be conducted by the House's Judiciary Committee, Oversight Committee and Ways and Means Committee. James Comer, chairman of the Oversight committee, will lead the investigation.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy initiated the inquiry saying that recent House investigations "paint a picture of corruption" by Biden and his family.[1][2][3][4] No Congressional investigations have discovered any evidence of wrongdoing by Biden.[a]
Background
Multiple pundits opined that, due to the two impeachments that former president Donald Trump faced in his presidency, many Republicans had a desire to exact revenge on Democrats by impeaching a Democratic president.[b] Several Republican members of the House of Representatives and Senate have made comments to this effect.[14][15] Following Joe Biden's inauguration, various Republican members of Congress have engaged in several efforts to impeach him. The first of these articles of impeachment was filed one day after Biden's inauguration by Marjorie Taylor Greene, citing the Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory.[16] Several political analysts predicted that an impeachment could occur if Republicans secured a majority in the 2022 midterm elections for the 118th Congress.[c]
In the 118th Congress, Republicans were able to hold a majority in the House of Representatives, comprising several members of the Freedom Caucus. Kevin McCarthy, leader of the House Republican Conference, was elected speaker of the House after several days and many votes as opposition—primarily led by members of the Freedom Caucus—mounted against him; as part of negotiations, McCarthy conceded to his opponents[20] and faced pressure from Republican members to either impeach Biden or launch an impeachment inquiry against him.[2] The Fiscal Responsibility Act, an act drafted to resolve the 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis, weakened McCarthy's standing with members of the Freedom Caucus who opposed his negotiations with Biden.[21]
In June 2023, the House of Representatives voted to begin an investigation into Biden's removal and referred two impeachment articles written by Lauren Boebert to committee. McCarthy privately told his members that he would consider impeachment if the House Oversight Committee investigation into the Biden family produced sufficient evidence.[21] The investigation has not yet provided evidence of wrongdoing by the president.[d] Trump has privately and publicly encouraged impeaching Biden. On Truth Social, he lambasted Democrats for impeaching him amid the Trump–Ukraine scandal. Leading up to the inquiry, Trump met with House Republican Conference chair Elise Stefanik and Greene, discussing impeaching Biden both times.[26] In September, McCarthy promised in an interview with Breitbart News that he would only open an impeachment inquiry into Biden with a full house vote.[27]
Initiation of impeachment inquiry
On September 12, 2023, Kevin McCarthy directed three House committees—the Judiciary Committee, chaired by Jim Jordan, the Oversight Committee, chaired by James Comer, and the Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Jason Smith—to hold a formal impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. McCarthy did not hold a floor vote on the impeachment inquiry and he did not appear to have sufficient Republican support to pass a floor vote.[2][28][29] The chairmen of all three committees had been involved in preceding investigations into the Biden family. McCarthy asked Comer to lead the inquiry.[30] Announcing the inquiry, McCarthy claimed that earlier findings of House investigations "paint a picture of corruption" involving Biden and his relatives, particularly regarding the business dealings of his son Hunter.[1]
McCarthy alleged that Joe Biden used his official office as vice president to coordinate with Hunter's business contacts and benefit from Hunter's foreign business dealings.[31] McCarthy argued that the House Oversight Committee investigation into the Biden family demonstrated and warranted further investigation by the House of Representatives and that an impeachment inquiry would allow for a stronger investigation.[32][30] McCarthy also noted that Biden was aware of Hunter's business dealings.[33] McCarthy concluded his allegations by claiming that Biden's family was given "special treatment" by the Biden administration despite these "serious allegations."[34]
According to McCarthy, the impeachment inquiry would give House Republicans "the full power to gather all the facts and answers for the American public". Traditionally, congressional committees are given more sweeping authority to issue and enforce subpoenas when done so as part of an impeachment inquiry. McCarthy has drawn parallels between the Biden and Nixon administrations, accusing the Biden administration of using "government much like Richard Nixon by denying us to get the information that we need".[35]
Despite claiming that he would hold a vote, McCarthy opened the inquiry independently. McCarthy has defended this reversal, claiming that then-speaker Nancy Pelosi "changed the precedent" in launching an impeachment inquiry into Trump in 2019, when Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry a month before a floor vote was eventually held to approve it.[36] During the 2019 impeachment inquiry against Trump, McCarthy had asserted that he believed that an authorizing vote must be held in order for there to be a legitimate impeachment inquiry.[37]
House committee investigations
After the inquiry announcement, Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, said that he planned to subpoena lawyers in the Justice Department's tax division who worked on the Weiss special counsel investigation into Hunter Biden.[38] Comer said that the House Oversight Committee would hold its first impeachment-related hearing in September. He said that House investigators would seek additional emails dating back to the Obama administration and witness testimony from people alleging misconduct by the Biden family.[39]
Responses
Republican response
Comer and Jordan expressed support for the impeachment inquiry's potential to provide them with expanded investigative powers, with Jordan saying that it would ramp up "the pace at which we’re going to try to get information from the executive branch", as courts may provide more support for investigators' demands for information. Jordan has also said that a vote on the inquiry would be helpful in giving weight to the significance of the impeachment inquiry.[40][38]
Multiple Republican members of Congress, including Shelley Capito, Ken Buck, Dave Joyce, and Don Bacon, have commented that they had not seen evidence to warrant an impeachment inquiry. Some members who have raised concerns about the available evidence support an impeachment inquiry to allow for a complete evidentiary record, including Mitt Romney, Dusty Johnson, and French Hill. Other Republican members of Congress, such as Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis, Marco Rubio, Brian Fitzpatrick, and George Santos, have expressed concerns about "cheapening" and lowering the bar for impeachment.[e]
Democratic response
Biden said that he was not focused on the impeachment inquiry and claimed that Republicans "want to impeach me because they want to shut down the government".[44] The White House also sent a memo to U.S news organizations, calling on them to "scrutinize House Republicans' demonstrably false claims" and disputing allegations of misconduct.[45]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries vowed to defend Biden "until the very end" and compared the impeachment inquiry to a kangaroo court.[46]
Response by academics
At the launch of the impeachment inquiry, both University of Missouri School of Law professor emeritus Frank Bowman and Columbia Law School professor Philip Bobbitt (both of who have authored texts on impeachment) commented that they had not seen anything they would consider to be evidence against Biden. They both consider this to be a departure from past presidential impeachment inquiries, which they say were preceded significant evidence of wrongdoing by the president. Both have expressed concern that the inquiry will cheapen the concept of impeachment, thereby damaging the federal government's checks and balances. Calling the impeachment inquiry, "absolutely shocking," Bowman remarked that the Republicans behind the impeachment effort, "have no interest at all in preserving the basic integrity of the process, or indeed their own power as legislators in legitimate opposition and tension with the executive branch."[47][48]
Analysis
The impeachment inquiry has been seen by Republican members of Congress and analysts as potentially being an effort by McCarthy to satisfy hardline right-wing members of the House's narrow Republican majority and avoid a motion to vacate the speakership. It comes ahead of tenuous negotiations McCarthy is having with his caucus ahead of the fiscal year deadline to pass appropriations bills and avert a government shutdown. Far-right members of Congress have openly tied impeachment demands to other legislative priorities or threatening to vacate the speakership. In late August, Greene stated, "I will not vote to fund the government unless we have passed an impeachment inquiry." In September, Matt Gaetz said Republicans should be "forcing votes on impeachment. And if Speaker McCarthy stands in our way, he may not have the job long".[f] Within a day of the inquiry announcement, several far-right members of the House had declared that McCarthy's launching of an impeachment inquiry had not placated them into dropping their demands related to the budget or affected their attitudes on a motion to vacate.[53][54]
During his September 12 announcement, McCarthy made several claims to justify initiating the inquiry. He said "a trusted FBI informant has alleged a bribe to the Biden family," though the informant merely relayed information to the FBI that the CEO of Burisma had alleged, and the informant could not vouch for the veracity of the allegation.[55] McCarthy said that bank records showed that "nearly $20 million in payments were directed to the Biden family members and associates through various shell companies," and "more than 150 transactions involving the Biden family and other business associates were flagged as suspicious activity by US banks," though Joe Biden himself was never implicated in the payments and the existence of suspicious activity reports does not alone establish wrongdoing.[55][34] McCarthy also stated that "eyewitnesses have testified that the president joined on multiple phone calls and had multiple interactions, dinners [that] resulted in cars and millions of dollars into his son’s and his son’s business partner's" accounts. However, the testifiers denied that Biden was engaged in business-related discussions.[34]
Legal standing
The House of Representatives is not legally obligated to start an impeachment inquiry with a vote on the House floor, as it is not required under either the Constitution or House rules.[36] However, the Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice ruled in January 2020 that impeachment inquiries are valid only if authorized by the full House, following the impromptu impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump. The opinion remains binding on the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, as all are part of the executive branch. It also binds future presidential administrations unless revoked or superseded.[37] The opinion finds that without a floor vote, subpoenas issued by House committees would lack the weight normally granted when pertaining to an impeachment inquiry.[56]
Notes
- ^ Attributed to multiple sources: [5][6][7][8]
- ^ Attributed to multiple references: [9][10][11][12][13]
- ^ Attributed to multiple references: [17][18][19]
- ^ Attributed to multiple references: [22][23][24][25]
- ^ Attributed to multiple references: [41][42][43][40]
- ^ Attributed to multiple references: [49][2][1][50][51][52][33][43]
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- ^ a b c Mascaro, Lisa; Farnoush, Amiri (September 12, 2023). "Speaker McCarthy directs the House to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden". Associated Press. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ a b c d Zanona, Melania; Tablot, Haley; Fox, Lauren; Grayer, Annie (September 12, 2023). "McCarthy calls for formal impeachment inquiry into Biden amid pressure from conservatives". CNN. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ Cortellessa, Eric (September 8, 2023). "McCarthy Lacks the Votes For an Impeachment Inquiry. Trump's Allies Have a Plan to Get Them". Time.
- ^ Griffing, Alex (September 12, 2023). "'He Doesn't Have Enough Votes': CNN's Manu Raju Explains Why McCarthy Backtracked on Impeachment Vote". Mediaite.
- ^ Broadwater, Luke (May 10, 2023). "House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden". The New York Times.
- ^ Demirjian, Karoun (July 4, 2023). "Republicans Are Divided on Impeaching Biden as Panel Begins New Inquiry". The New York Times.
- ^ Perry Stein; Devlin Barrett; Matt Viser (August 17, 2023). "How a fight over immunity unraveled Hunter Biden's plea deal". The Washington Post.
- ^ Otten, Tori (September 12, 2023). "McCarthy Plans Biden Impeachment Inquiry—With No Evidence and Not Enough Votes". The New Republic.
- ^ Karni, Annie (October 28, 2022). "With Majority in Sight, Republicans Hush Talk of Impeaching Biden". The New York Times. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ Carney, Jordain (November 17, 2022). "The latest victim from House GOP's election night: impeachment". Politico. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ Saska, Jim (November 18, 2022). "Investigations, impeachment, infighting: House Republicans curb their ambitions". Roll Call. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ Heer, Jeet (November 4, 2022), "Get Ready for the Coming Impeachment of Joe Biden", The Nation, retrieved April 21, 2023
- ^ Zanona, Melanie; Raju, Manu (October 6, 2022). "House GOP amps up talk about impeaching Biden's border chief, posing a test for McCarthy". CNN. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ Blake, Aaron. "'Impeachable whatever': GOP floats impeaching Biden for ... something". Washington Post. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
- ^ Bolton, Alexander (July 26, 2023). "Senate Republicans see Biden impeachment as fraught with risk". The Hill. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ Marcos, Cristina (January 21, 2021). "Rep. Marjorie Greene files articles of impeachment against Biden". The Hill. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ "Jonathan Lemire: 'Extraordinary pressure' on Republicans to impeach Biden if GOP wins House control". MSNBC. October 27, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ Gellman, Barton (October 26, 2022). "The Impeachment of Joe Biden". The Atlantic. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
- ^ Siegel, Benjamin; Axelrod, Tal (November 8, 2022). "What to expect if Republicans take the House in the midterms: Investigations, possible impeachments". ABC News. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
- ^ Debusmann, Bernd; Murphy, Matt (January 7, 2023). "Kevin McCarthy elected US House Speaker after 15 rounds of voting". BBC News. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ a b Karni, Annie; Broadwater, Luke (June 22, 2023). "Divided House Sidesteps Biden Impeachment Vote but Starts Inquiry". The New York Times. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- ^ Broadwater, Luke (May 10, 2023). "House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden". The New York Times.
- ^ Demirjian, Karoun (July 4, 2023). "Republicans Are Divided on Impeaching Biden as Panel Begins New Inquiry". The New York Times.
- ^ Perry Stein; Devlin Barrett; Matt Viser (August 17, 2023). "How a fight over immunity unraveled Hunter Biden's plea deal". The Washington Post.
- ^ Otten, Tori (September 12, 2023). "McCarthy Plans Biden Impeachment Inquiry—With No Evidence and Not Enough Votes". The New Republic.
- ^ Swan, Jonathan; Haberman, Maggie; McFadden, Alyce (September 13, 2023). "Trump Has Been Privately Encouraging G.O.P. Lawmakers to Impeach Biden". The New York Times. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
- ^ Brooks, Emily (September 1, 2023). "McCarthy says he won't open impeachment inquiry without House vote". The Hill.
- ^ Cortellessa, Eric (September 8, 2023). "McCarthy Lacks the Votes For an Impeachment Inquiry. Trump's Allies Have a Plan to Get Them". Time.
- ^ Griffing, Alex (September 12, 2023). "'He Doesn't Have Enough Votes': CNN's Manu Raju Explains Why McCarthy Backtracked on Impeachment Vote". Mediaite.
- ^ a b Amari, Fournish (September 12, 2023). "What's ahead now that Republicans are opening an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden". Associated Press. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ Gypson, Katherine (September 12, 2023). "McCarthy: Lawmakers to Launch Impeachment Inquiry Into Biden". Voice of America.
- ^ Britschgi, Christian (September 12, 2023). "Kevin McCarthy Announces Impeachment Inquiry Into Joe Biden". Reason. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ a b Thompson, Alex (September 13, 2023). "Biden's words from 2020 fuel GOP's impeachment push". Axios. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
- ^ a b c Bump, Philip (September 12, 2023). "Assessing the allegations that triggered McCarthy's impeachment inquiry". The Washington Post.
- ^ Zurcher, Anthony (September 12, 2023). "Why do Kevin McCarthy's Republicans want to impeach Joe Biden now?". BBC. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
- ^ a b "Why McCarthy launched an impeachment inquiry without a vote — and why he can". The Hill. September 12, 2023.
- ^ a b Kyle Cheney; Josh Gerstein (September 12, 2023). "How Donald Trump's DOJ gave Biden a major assist in the coming impeachment probe". Politico.
- ^ a b "Few specifics on next steps as GOP moves forward on impeachment inquiry". Washington Post. September 13, 2023.
- ^ "House Oversight to hold first Biden impeachment hearing this month". Fox News. September 13, 2023.
- ^ a b "Ohio's Jim Jordan will play key role in Joe Biden impeachment inquiry". cleveland.com. September 13, 2023.
- ^ "7 skeptical Republicans to watch on impeaching Biden". Washington Post. September 13, 2023.
- ^ "Senate GOP says House lacks evidence for impeachment". The Hill. September 12, 2023.
- ^ a b "Senate Republicans Haven't Caught Impeachment Mania—Yet". The New Republic. September 13, 2023.
- ^ "Biden makes first comments on McCarthy's impeachment inquiry as his advisers go on the offensive". CNN. September 13, 2023.
- ^ "White House calls on media to ramp up scrutiny of GOP-led Biden impeachment inquiry". NBC. September 13, 2023.
- ^ Schnell, Mychael (September 12, 2023). "Jeffries: Impeachment inquiry is 'kangaroo court, fishing expedition and conspiracy theater'". The Hill. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ "Impeachment Experts: Biden Inquiry May Be Weakest in History". Time. September 12, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
- ^ Ruger, Todd (September 13, 2023). "Biden impeachment probe may weaken congressional power, experts say". Roll Call. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ Broadwater, Luke (September 12, 2023). "McCarthy, Under Threat From Right, Orders Biden Impeachment Inquiry". The New York Times. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ Scott, Rachel; Faulders, Katherine; Hutzler, Alexandra; Pecorin, Allison. "McCarthy orders impeachment inquiry into Biden amid pressure from hard-liners". ABC News. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ Zurcher, Anthony (September 12, 2023). "Biden impeachment inquiry: McCarthy says House will investigate president". BBC News. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ "Gaetz advocates forcing impeachment votes in warning to McCarthy". The Hill. September 5, 2023.
- ^ Kapur, Sahil; Wong, Scott; Kaplan, Rebecca; Vitali, Ali (September 13, 2023). "Conservatives tell McCarthy impeachment won't resolve government shutdown". NBC News. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
- ^ "Conservatives got their impeachment inquiry. It may not save Kevin McCarthy from an ouster vote". Politico. September 12, 2023.
- ^ a b Annie Grayer; Marshall Cohen; Daniel Dale (September 13, 2023). "Fact-checking McCarthy's claims while launching Biden impeachment inquiry". CNN.
- ^ Basu, Zachary (September 12, 2023). "McCarthy vs. himself". Axios.