House Republicans move ‘full steam ahead’ on impeachment inquiry even amid speaker uncertainty
The House impeachment inquiry against President Biden will continue ‘full steam ahead,’ with ‘further action’ expected in the coming days, despite the uncertainty surrounding who will take the helm as speaker of the House of Representatives following the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Fox News Digital has learned.
McCarthy, R-Calif., who served as speaker of the House from late January through October and is the first in United States history to have been voted to be removed from the post supported the launch of an impeachment inquiry against the president last month, after months of GOP-led investigations into his family’s business dealings and whether he was involved.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., were tasked by McCarthy with leading the impeachment inquiry.
But even with McCarthy ousted, their investigations are expected to continue.
‘Full steam ahead,’ a senior Judiciary Committee aide told Fox News Digital.
Jordan announced his bid for speaker of the House on Wednesday morning, just hours after McCarthy’s ouster.
And an Oversight Committee spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the committee’s work ‘continues.’
‘The committee is continuing to review documents, records, and communications and will take further action in the coming days,’ the Oversight spokesperson said.
A spokesperson for the Ways & Means Committee concurred.
‘The Ways and Means Committee remains committed to holding the following the facts where the evidence leads,’ the spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
Despite the speaker vacancy, subpoenas that have already been issued by committees as part of the impeachment inquiry—like subpoenas for Hunter Biden and James Biden’s personal and business bank records—as well as those issued as part of general Biden administration oversight, remain valid.
The next steps in the investigation come after the committees hold their first joint-panel impeachment inquiry hearing last week.
The GOP lawmakers say the financial records that the Oversight Committee has obtained to date ‘reveal a pattern where the Bidens sold access to Joe Biden around the world to enrich the Biden family.’
Fox News Digital first reported that the House Oversight Committee has learned that the Biden family and their business associates brought in more than $24 million between 2014 and 2019 by ‘selling Joe Biden as ‘the brand’ around the world.’
The scope of the impeachment inquiry covers the span the time of Biden’s vice presidency to the present, including his time out of office.
But beyond investigating Biden’s ties to his family’s business dealings, House Republicans are also probing the alleged obstruction of the Justice Department’s years-long federal investigation into Hunter Biden. The allegations stem from IRS whistleblowers who allege politics influenced prosecutorial steps throughout the probe.
The White House maintains that President Biden was never in business with his son and never discussed business with his son or his family. White House officials have blasted the impeachment inquiry against the president as an ‘evidence-free’ political stunt.