What's the Game Plan for the Republican Impeachment Inquiry into Biden?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Last Thursday, the House of Representatives voted 221-212 along party lines to formally launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Sources across the political spectrum are offering their analysis of the GOP's impeachment strategy.
Key Details: Three House Committees are investigating connections between the president and the Biden family's business affairs from 2014 to 2017.
Key Quote: "The only, single fact in this entire sham impeachment exercise is that it’s a nakedly transparent ploy by House MAGA Republicans to boost Donald Trump’s presidential campaign," charges Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler.
For Context: The House vote formalized an inquiry that began in September to look into whether President Biden benefited financially from some of his family's business dealings. A formal resolution to remove President Biden from office could ignite a study of whether federal bribery statutes were violated.
How the Media Covered it: Sources across the political spectrum noted that no evidence has been found yet that President Biden personally benefited from his son's business affairs. Sources on the right noted that news of the impeachment inquiry has boosted the president's re-election fundraising and may also energize the Democratic base that polls suggest is not yet mobilized.
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House Republicans voted to authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden this week, successfully corralling once-skeptical moderate members of the GOP to support the move – billed as a harmless inquiry, and not an indictment.
But the House GOP now faces an even tougher challenge – finding impeachable evidence of wrongdoing that a year-long investigation has yet to turn up, and getting the members from the conference's most moderate districts behind it.
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From the Right
State of the Race: How House Republican impeachment inquiry could impact Biden in 2024 election
This week's vote entirely along party lines by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to formally launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden immediately impacted the president's 2024 re-election campaign.
A fundraising email sent hours later by Vice President Kamala Harris instantly caught fire.
A source familiar with the Biden re-election team's thinking told Fox News that the email was the most lucrative that has been sent so far this month.
"It was the best performing fundraising email the vice president has signed this cycle," the source added.
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