WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday called for an impeachment inquiry into Democratic ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSWASHINGTON - Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday called for an impeachment inquiry into Democratic President Joe Biden encouraged by his party's right flank - a move certain to further divide lawmakers as they struggle to passing legislation to avoid a government shutdown.
Biden, who defeated Trump in the 2020 election, is seeking re-election next year. Republicans, who now narrowly control the House, have accused Biden of profiting while he served as vice president from 2009 to 2017 from his son Hunter Biden's foreign business ventures, though they have not presented substantiation.
Democrats have sought to portray Republican impeachment talk as an effort to distract public attention from the legal woes of Trump, who faces four separate criminal indictments while running for his party's nomination to face Biden in the 2024 U.S. election. Any Biden impeachment effort would be unlikely to succeed. Even if the Republican-controlled House votes to impeach Biden -- an uncertain prospect, given the party's narrow 222-212 vote margin -- it would almost certainly fail in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
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