WASHINGTON, March 13 US House Republicans' investigation into The impeachment of incumbent President Joe Biden lacks an evidence base, and congressmen themselves talk about the need to complete it, Punchbowl reports, citing members of the Republican Party of the American Congress.
«Senior Republicans acknowledge that there is still no conclusive evidence of an impeachment offense that would show that Biden acted improperly… so far,» the publication says.
According to the publication’s interlocutors, the party leadership still does not understand how the protracted investigation, initiated in 2023 by former Speaker of the House Representative Kevin McCarthy, will end.
Current House Speaker Mike Johnson also acknowledges that discussions continue around Biden's impeachment inquiry. “There are a lot of thoughtful discussions going on about this,” he told the publication.
In addition, it remains unknown whether key Republicans involved in the investigation want to call American leader Joe Biden himself to testify. The heads of the Oversight Committee and the House Judiciary Committee, James Comer and Jim Jordan, did not indicate a possible time frame for completing the investigation.
For now, both of them are awaiting the next appearance in Congress of the son of the head of the White House, Hunter Biden, who is expected to appear again in the Capitol on March 20 to testify in the Republican investigation against his father. However, Hunter Biden has not yet confirmed his appearance and it remains unknown whether the hearings will take place.
The Republican-led House of Representatives is conducting a formal investigation into US President Joe Biden and his family. In fact, the case has been considered in three House committees for several months, with congressmen collecting evidence of corruption and abuse of power. It is expected that based on the results of the investigation, the House Judiciary Committee may initiate the impeachment of the current president.