Republicans open a formal investigation to impeach Biden
The Republican Party, which controls the House of Representatives, has authorized the formal opening of an investigation aimed at initiating an impeachment process, that is, a legislative mechanism that could potentially end up forcing the removal of the president of the United States.. But that won't be the case. Republicans have been investigating Biden since March and to date have been unable to find any evidence that the US president has been illicitly enriched..
What, then, is the opposition after? Simply keep his base happy and maintain the mirage that Biden, in one way or another, was illegally enriched by the activities of his son, Hunter, or his younger brother, Jim.. They have not achieved it and there is no reason to think that they will achieve it. But, with the formal opening of the investigation, they can call members of the president's family or people around him to testify.
The problem with calling these people to testify is that what they say may not fit into the conspiracy theories defended by the opposition.. The most obvious example is that of the president's son, Hunter, who is accused by Justice of tax crime.. Hunter Biden has been called to testify before a House committee, and he has accepted, but has asked that his testimony be public. That is something that had been proposed by the Republicans themselves, but to which they now, inexplicably, oppose. None of them has explained why they do not want the statements of the president's son to be broadcast on television and the Internet throughout the country, if, as they affirm, it is evident that his alleged crimes involve what many conservatives describe as “the mafia family.” Biden.”
Hunter Biden has thus gone rogue, exposing him to congressional sanctions and, potentially, even a judicial process that could put him in jail.. His attitude, however, is not new. One of Biden's top critics and persecutors in Congress, Jim Jordan, is in rebellion… himself, for refusing to testify before the Commission that investigated the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 by Trump followers. Trump adviser Peter Navarro, who headed his National Trade Council – a White House body created by the then-president – is also in rebellion for the same reason. The ideologue of 'Trumpism' and campaign manager of the former president in 2016, Steve Bannon, has been sentenced to 4 months in prison for the same reason, again in the case of the assault on the Capitol. Bannon has appealed the ruling.