When House Republicans formally approved an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden in mid-December, it was a dramatic development, but not in a good way. It was the first time in American history that Congress authorized an impeachment inquiry without uncovering any evidence of wrongdoing against the intended target.
It’s likely that GOP lawmakers hoped that by formalizing the investigation, they might be able to fill in the gaps with incriminating information about the Democratic incumbent. If so, they have reason to be disappointed.
In the two months since the impeachment inquiry was authorized, their star witness — the man whose claims were the heart of the Republicans’ case — was arrested for lying to the FBI about the Bidens. What’s more, as a new Washington Post report noted, congressional investigators have “compiled an extensive record of sworn statements from firsthand witnesses,” all of whom have confirmed that the president “was never involved” with his son’s business affairs.
It’s against this backdrop that the GOP’s leading anti-Biden crusader is conceding that his campaign might not work out as he’d hoped. Spectrum News reported:
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the chairman of the House Oversight Committee who is leading the Republican effort to investigate President Joe Biden, says the House may not hold an impeachment vote after all. Comer told Spectrum News that the “math keeps getting worse” for Republicans, whose razor-thin majority in the House got even tighter after losing a Republican-held New York congressional seat [last] week.
The beleaguered Kentucky congressman said he still hoped for congressional action in the coming months, but he added that “accountability” might not come until there’s “a new president [and] a new attorney general.”
In other words, Comer is envisioning a scenario in which Biden is defeated in 2024, leaves office in early 2025, and faces a criminal investigation soon after.
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