FactChecking McCarthy’s Impeachment Inquiry Claims

Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced on Sept. 12 that he would direct the House to open a formal impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.

The unilateral move came just a week and a half after McCarthy told Breitbart News that an impeachment inquiry “would occur through a vote on the floor of the People’s House and not through a declaration by one person.”

The inquiry — which will be led by the Republican chairmen of the House oversight, judiciary, and ways and means committees — is largely based on the findings of an investigation that the Republican-controlled House oversight committee officially launched eight months ago into Biden and his family’s international business deals.

“House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct,” McCarthy said. “Taken together, these allegations paint a picture of a culture of corruption.”

But as we have written, there is currently no proof that Joe Biden was involved in the business deals of his son, Hunter, or that the president ever benefited from those deals or ever used his position as vice president to assist the companies on his son’s behalf.