Democrats in the US House of Representatives have produced a report that they claim Democratic President Joe Biden committed crimes that could lead to his impeachment, but it’s unclear if Republicans will pursue a vote on the matter after an investigation that the White House has long since brushed aside as politically motivated.
In 2014, when Biden was vice president, a 291-page report by three House committees said that Biden made money through international business transactions by engaging in influence-peddling in order to enrich himself and members of his family.
The investigation, according to Jim Jordan, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, “conclusively” demonstrated that Biden had “abused his public office for the private financial benefit of the Biden family and Biden business associates.”
Corruption, abuse of public office, and obstruction are hallmarks of President Biden’s legacy. Chief of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability James Comer stated, “The evidence generated by our impeachment inquiry is the strongest case for impeachment of a sitting president the House of Representatives has ever investigated.”
However, the nearly year-long investigation, made public by the Republicans on Monday, does not accuse the president—who said last month that he would not seek reelection this year—of any criminal misconduct.
Rather, the report—which was also made public on the first day of the Democratic National Convention—repeats well-worn territory, claiming that the Biden family engaged in corrupt business practices that exceed the threshold for impeachment set down in the US Constitution.
Hunter Biden’s son has been the target of Republican attempts for years to discredit his father, exploiting his connections abroad and his disorderly personal life as a recovering addiction.
It has been claimed that partners or clients in China, Russia, and other nations paid the Biden family and its affiliates over $27 million in commercial payments. They mentioned another $8 million in loans, some of which came from Hollywood lawyer and Hunter Biden supporter Kevin Morris, and they questioned the purchasing of the son’s artwork.
It is “inconceivable,” according to the study, that President Biden was unaware of what was happening.
The study claimed that President Biden took part in a plot to profit from his position of public trust in order to enrich his family.
