President Biden officially a target of House impeachment inquiry after formal vote

The House voted Wednesday to authorize the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, a move that Republicans hope will assist them in enforcing their subpoenas and requests for documents.

The authorization of the inquiry passed along party lines, 221-212.

Back in September, then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) unilaterally announced that the House would open an impeachment inquiry into Biden to investigate whether he had committed high crimes and misdemeanors.

The probe has focused on whether Biden improperly used his position of power when he was vice president to enrich himself and his family, whether he used his influence as president to pressure the Department of Justice to avoid prosecuting his son Hunter Biden for certain charges, and how involved Joe Biden was in his family’s foreign business dealings.