Tue Sep 12, 2023 AT 12:58 PM EDT
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he will seek to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden based on the House GOP’s investigations of his family’s foreign business dealings and the prosecution of his son Hunter Biden.
“Today, I am directing our House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden,” McCarthy said in a brief statement at the Capitol on Tuesday.
McCarthy said the probe will be led by House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., in coordination with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., who have been leading the investigations.
“I do not make this decision lightly. And regardless of your party, or who you voted for, these facts should concern all Americans,” McCarthy said. Read Full Story