Speaker Johnson: We Have The Votes to Launch Full Impeachment Inquiry into Joe Biden; House Will Vote to Formalize Biden Impeachment Inquiry Next Week, Johnson Says

Speaker Johnson: We Have The Votes to Launch Full Impeachment Inquiry into Joe Biden:

Despite months of investigations uncovering the secrets of the Biden Crime Family, a full-fledge impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden has been in doubt, as several Republicans have expressed reluctance to move forward with an inquiry, claiming, among other things, that not enough evidence has been uncovered yet.

Well, I guess enough wobbly Republicans have become convinced by the evidence because, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson, the GOP appears to have the votes to launch a formal inquiry.

“I believe we will,” Johnson said during an interview on “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Fox News. “I suspect no Democrats will assist in this effort, but they should.”

Johnson argued that the inquiry is a “necessary step” and that he thinks it is “something we have to do at this juncture.”

“Elise [Stefanik] and I both served on the impeachment defense team of Donald Trump twice when the Democrats used it for brazen, partisan political purposes,” Johnson explained. “We decried that use of it. This is very different. Remember, we are the rule-of-law team. We have to do it very methodically.”

Upon winning the majority in the House, Republicans swiftly started investigating allegations of bribery and influence-peddling by Joe Biden, which has financially benefited him and his family. The House Oversight Committee has been uncovering a trove of evidence against Joe Biden over the past few months, including a network of Biden family shell companies used to launder foreign payments, an unclassified FBI document detailing how Joe Biden and his son Hunter “coerced” Burisma co-founder and CEO Mykola Zlochevsky to pay them a $10 million bribe, incriminating text messages, wire transfers from Communist China to Joe Biden’s home, and so much more. ––>READ MORE HERE

House will vote to formalize Biden impeachment inquiry next week, Johnson says:>

The House will hold a formal vote to authorize the ongoing Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, Speaker Mike Johnson announced Tuesday.

Johnson said the House is at an “inflection point” and accused the White House of “stonewalling” the investigation, which was launched by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy back in September.

“They’re refusing to turn over key witnesses to allow them to testify as they’ve been subpoenaed,” Johnson claimed of the Biden administration. “They’re refusing to turn over thousands of documents for the National Archives. The House has no choice, if it’s going to follow its constitutional responsibility, to formally adopt an impeachment inquiry on the floor so that when the subpoenas are challenged in court we’ll be at the apex of our constitutional authority.”

White House spokesperson Ian Sams, in a memo last week, refuted claims that the White House is obstructing the inquiry. Sams said House Republicans have had access to 35,000 pages of financial records, 36 hours of witness interviews and more.

Johnson made clear the vote, which he and other GOP leaders said will be held next week, is not a vote to impeach President Biden but one that will allow lawmakers to “continue on pace” with the inquiry.

McCarthy, later ousted from the speakership in a historic vote, was criticized for not holding a vote to open the inquiry — as had been precedent. At the time, it wasn’t clear McCarthy had the support necessary to win a vote on the full House floor.

Johnson said Tuesday he believed Republicans would get the votes they need, saying the moderates in the GOP conference “understand this is not a political decision.”

“This is a legal decision. It’s a constitutional decision,” he said. “Whether someone is for or against impeachment is not of import right now. We have to continue our legal responsibility and that is only solely what this vote is about.” —>READ MORE HERE

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