{"id":9892,"date":"2023-09-19T23:02:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T23:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diigital.press\/?p=9892"},"modified":"2023-09-19T23:02:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T23:02:16","slug":"kevin-mccarthy-gives-dems-last-chance-to-dump-joe-biden-directs-jim-jordan-to-open-formal-impeachment-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/?p=9892","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McCarthy Gives Dems Last Chance To Dump Joe Biden, Directs Jim Jordan To Open Formal Impeachment Inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dpsp-share-text \">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Kevin McCarthy just directed the GOP-controlled house to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy said:\u00a0\u201cThese are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption and warrant further investigation by the House of Representatives. That\u2019s why today I am directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kevin said James Comer, Jason Smith, and Jim Jordan will lead the impeachment inquiry. Kevin said earlier: \u201cTo open an impeachment inquiry is a serious matter, and House Republicans will not take it lightly or use it for political purposes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people deserve to be heard on this matter through their elected representatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why, if we move forward with an impeachment inquiry, it would occur through a vote on the floor of the People\u2019s House and not through a declaration by one person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) threatened to get rid of McCarthy as Speaker if he didn\u2019t get tough with Biden. The government runs out of money at the end of the month and many in the GOp want Kevin to play hardball.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0Punchbowl News:<\/p>\n<p><em>Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to tell House Republicans in a closed meeting this week that launching an\u00a0impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is the \u201clogical next step\u201d in the GOP\u2019s probes of the president and his son, Hunter Biden.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>McCarthy and the House Republican leadership scheduled a closed-door session for Thursday morning so that members could get an update on the investigations led by House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Oversight Committee Chair Jamie Comer (R-Ky.).<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Speaker McCarthy Announces Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2nkzYcut2SY?feature=oembed\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharing is caring! Speaker Kevin McCarthy just directed the GOP-controlled house to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. McCarthy said:\u00a0\u201cThese are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption and warrant further investigation by the House of Representatives. That\u2019s why today I am directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}