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GOP impeachment probe is High (crimes & misdemeanors) on their own Supply (of nonsense) [1]
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Date: 2023-12-14
The gormless GOP needs the appearance of false equivalence as the election year approaches with the 91 indictment count Previous Guy as desperate to stay out of prison as he is to self-pardon himself.
Republicans are pushing forward with a formal investigation even though their yearlong scrutiny of the president and his family has turned up no evidence of high crimes or misdemeanors.
The House voted on Wednesday to formally open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, pushing forward with a yearlong G.O.P. investigation that has failed to produce evidence of anything approaching high crimes or misdemeanors.
Republicans said the vote was needed to give them full authority to continue carrying out their investigation amid anticipated legal challenges from the White House. Democrats have denounced the inquiry as a fishing expedition and a political stunt.
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But Wednesday’s vote underscored how the political ground has shifted, with Republicans unanimously willing to endorse an inquiry even as some emphasized that they were not yet ready to charge the president. The vote of 221 to 212 was along party lines, with all Republicans voting to approve the inquiry and all Democrats opposed.
www.nytimes.com/…
If Republicans do move to hold Hunter Biden in contempt, the Oversight Committee has to provide 72 hours’ notice before the resolution can make its way through the committee and then onto the House floor. It’s unlikely that a vote would happen this week, unless lawmakers stay in session through the weekend.
Congress held several former Trump administration aides in contempt last year after they defied subpoenas issued by the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Jordan was among those subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 committee, but did not appear for testimony. He was not held in contempt of Congress, but the matter was referred to the House Ethics Committee.
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