McCarthy endorses impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy House Speaker Kevin McCarthy threw his support behind opening an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden on Tuesday morning, amid growing calls by the most extreme members of his conference. Mr McCarthy’s words come despite the fact that House Republicans have yet to find evidence of wrongdoing by Mr Biden or any evidence that he directly benefited from the business dealings of his son Hunter Biden, specifically mentioning the younger Biden’s work with Ukrainian energy company Burisma. Indeed, Mr McCarthy mostly focused on Mr Biden’s alleged foreign business dealings, claiming that more than $20m went to shell companies of Biden family members. Mr McCarthy also criticised the fact that “the president’s family” has received “special treatment” by “Biden’s own administration.” The speaker’s words likely allude to Hunter Biden’s failed plea deal, despite the fact it was brokered with David Weiss, a US attorney whom former president Donald Trump nominated and whom the current president asked to stay on to continue the investigation into the younger Mr Biden.