U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday that lawmakers will launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, advancing an investigation concerning allegations Biden benefited from his son Hunter’s foreign business dealings.
“These allegations paint a picture of a culture of corruption,” McCarthy told reporters.
“We have found that President Biden did lie to the American people about his own knowledge of his family’s foreign business dealings.
Eyewitnesses have testified that the president joined on multiple phone calls, and had multiple interactions, dinners resulted in cars and millions of dollars that went to his sons and his son’s business partners,” McCarthy said during a press briefing. “We know that bank records show that nearly $20 million in payments were directed to the Biden’s family members and associates through various shell companies.”
McCarthy also alleged Biden used his official office to coordinate those contacts and received special treatment from his own administration.
Multiple House committees have yet to find evidence supporting those claims.
White House spokesperson Ian Sams tweeted, “House Republicans have been investigating the president for 9 months, and they’ve turned up no evidence of wrongdoing. His own GOP members have said so. He vowed to hold a vote to open impeachment, but now he flip-flopped because he doesn’t have support. Extreme politics at its worst.”
