![]() MCDANIEL: So let me say again, there is no direct evidence that implicates President Biden in any wrongdoing. But what do Republicans at least allege the president did? ![]() He can perhaps deliver an impeachment inquiry. And since Johnson's been unable to do the other seemingly impossible thing that those folks want, namely uniting Republicans behind huge spending cuts with socially conservative policy writers, this is a way to maybe secure a win and impugn Biden at a time when the face of the Republican Party, Donald Trump, faces criminal charges across the country in connection to, among other things, attempting to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election. And Republicans want to talk to some people who've been ignoring them.īut Johnson is also under tremendous political pressure to moving ahead on impeachment from hard-liners, by which I mean the most ideological, often anti-compromise set of Republicans. The White House has cited a lack of a formal vote on an impeachment inquiry. Republicans want records the president hasn't turned over. Johnson says this is about legal leverage. After all, like you guys mentioned, they've been investigating for months. INSKEEP: NPR congressional reporter Eric McDaniel is with us here in Studio 31 in Washington, D.C. They're not allowing witnesses to come forward and thousands of pages of documents. MIKE JOHNSON: We've come to this impasse where following the facts where they lead is hitting a stone wall because the White House is impeding that investigation now. House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters yesterday that this is the only way forward. Lawmakers say it's about corruption and political influence peddling. And now the House prepares to move forward with an impeachment inquiry. They found no direct evidence of wrongdoing by the president.īut that doesn't match the picture painted in conservative media. ![]() House Republicans have spent months on a presidential impeachment investigation.
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