The House voted Wednesday to begin an impeachment inquiry into the actions of President Joe Biden, which Republicans say would help them enforce subpoenas and document demands.
The investigation was authorized by a vote of 221-212.
🚨BREAKING: The House Has Passed the Impeachment Inquiry Resolution.
With this vote, we are now in better legal standing to fight the White House’s obstruction.
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) December 13, 2023
Back in September, then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) declared unilaterally that the House will launch an impeachment investigation on Biden to determine whether he had committed high crimes and misdemeanors.
The investigation has focused on whether Biden improperly used his position of power as vice president to enrich himself and his family, whether he used his influence as president to pressure the Justice Department to avoid prosecuting his son Hunter Biden on certain charges, and how involved Joe Biden was in his family’s foreign business dealings.
The investigation is centered on an accusation revealed in an FBI tip sheet that Joe and Hunter Biden accepted payments from Burisma, a Ukrainian energy firm on whose board Hunter Biden served, in exchange for then-Vice President Biden pressing the Ukrainian government to remove a