The US House of Representatives has launched an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
The House on Wednesday voted to formalise the process, a move escalating Republicans’ battle with Democrats ahead of the 2024 election.
Republicans, seizing on Biden’s son Hunter’s controversial international dealings, have yet to provide evidence of corruption by the president, and the Democratic-led Senate would be unlikely to convict him even if the inquiry did lead to an actual impeachment trial.
Conservatives accuse Biden’s troubled son Hunter of influence-peddling—effectively trading on the family name in pay-to-play schemes during his business dealings in Ukraine and China.
Regardless, the procedure guarantees Republicans a new, high-profile platform to attack Biden as he campaigns for reelection—and to distract from the federal criminal trials facing his almost certain challenger, Donald Trump.
The vote of 221 to 212 was along strict party lines, with every Republican voting for it and every Democrat against it.
Conservatives accuse Biden’s troubled son Hunter of influence-peddling, effectively trading on the family name in pay-to-play schemes during his business dealings in Ukraine and China.
The allegations against Hunter Biden refer to incidents that took place before his father became president, and the White House has stressed that there has been no wrongdoing.
Biden himself responded immediately after the vote, accusing Republicans of stalling on key fronts, such as funding the government while obsessing over scoring political points ahead of the election.
“Instead of doing anything to help make Americans’ lives better, they are focused on attacking me with lies,” Biden said in a statement.
“Instead of doing their job on the urgent work that needs to be done, they are choosing to waste time on this baseless political stunt that even Republicans in Congress admit is not supported by facts.”
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