Florida rep. moves to impeach President Biden over alleged ties to Hunter dealings

A Republican congressman from Florida unveiled articles of impeachment in opposition to President Joe Biden on Friday, alleging he was deeply tied to allegations and investigations surrounding his son Hunter.

Rep. Greg Steube, a member of the Home’s far-right Freedom Caucus, alleged that Biden was complicit in his members of the family’ enterprise machinations and took steps to guard them from the authorized fallout.

“It’s gone time to question Joe Biden,” Steube said in a statement. “The proof continues to mount by the day – the Biden Crime Household has personally profited off Joe’s authorities positions by bribery, threats, and fraud.”

“Joe Biden should not be allowed to proceed to take a seat within the White Home, promoting out our nation.”

Steube laid out 4 articles of impeachment: abuse of energy, obstruction of justice, fraud and monetary involvement in medication and prostitution.

The primary alleges that Hunter and first brother James Biden bought entry to Joe Biden whereas he served as vice chairman throughout the Obama administration.

The president and the White Home have vehemently denied this, insisting that he by no means “talked enterprise” together with his son’s companions.

Second, Steube alleges that the “Biden marketing campaign improperly colluded with Justice Division” to intrude with the federal probe of Hunter.

He cited IRS whistleblower testimony claiming that the inquiry was affected by favoritism.

A plea deal brokered between Hunter and federal prosecutors imploded in court docket final month.

On Friday, the Justice Department announced that Delaware US Lawyer David Weiss can be given particular counsel authority within the Hunter case.

Third, Steube alleges that members of the family comparable to James Biden “recruited” traders on “false and fraudulent pretenses” with the specter of entry to President Biden.

Lastly, Steube pointed to the “comingled and intertwined funds” between Joe and Hunter Biden, who has acknowledged his issues with drug and intercourse habit.

He alleged that “between 2010 and 2019  hundreds of {dollars} of Biden household cash was spent on unlawful drug transactions and prostitution.”

The White Home has sharply and broadly rebutted impeachment speak, and been adamant that Republicans lack a smoking gun displaying a direct hyperlink between the president and any criminal activity or household enterprise dealings.

“They’re prioritizing their very own excessive, far-right political agenda on the expense of specializing in what actually issues to the American individuals: working collectively to make their lives higher,” a White Home spokesman mentioned in a current memo.

“As an alternative of pursuing this shameless and baseless impeachment stunt, Home Republicans and Speaker McCarthy ought to be part of the President to work on persevering with to carry down inflation and decrease prices, create jobs, and develop the financial system.”

Steube’s push for impeachment comes as congressional Republicans flip up the warmth on investigations of the Biden household’s abroad enterprise dealings.

On Wednesday, the Oversight Committee highlighted financial records and revealed that the Biden household and its allies raked in at the very least $20 million from overseas sources together with in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.

Prime GOP brass has treaded a tad extra cautiously with regards to impeachment.

Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell, for example, has urged caution, contending that “impeachment should be uncommon.”

Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy, in the meantime, has floated the opportunity of launching an impeachment inquiry if congressional investigators proceed to uncover extra damaging data on the Bidens.

“We’ve solely adopted the place the knowledge has taken us. However Hannity, that is rising to the extent of impeachment inquiry, which supplies Congress the strongest energy to get the remainder of the data and knowledge wanted,” McCarthy advised Fox Information’ Sean Hannity final month. 

He later clarified that he was not backing impeachment, however merely expressing openness to an inquiry in some unspecified time in the future down the road, relying on what GOP investigators dig up.

Different Republicans comparable to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Lauren Boebert (R-Col.), and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) have all beforehand launched articles of impeachment in opposition to Biden.

A lot of the articles of impeachment they’ve offered focus on scenario on the US-Mexico border.

On Friday, Steube additionally unveiled the HUNTER Act, demanding extra details about the investigation right into a small bag of cocaine that was just lately present in a safe space of the White Home.

“The American individuals deserve solutions. My laws calls for data on the closed investigation into the cocaine discovered on the White Home in July and focuses on how Congress can present oversight to stop future illicit utilization of managed substances within the White Home,” he mentioned.