It is believed by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that the GOP has enough votes to initiate a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
On Tuesday, Johnson held a press conference with Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comer, who have led the investigation into alleged wrongdoing by the Biden family.
“I believe we will,” Johnson said when asked about holding a vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry against Biden. “I suspect no Democrats will assist in this effort, but they should.”
During a Fox News appearance, Johnson emphasized that Republicans have an obligation to investigate and stated that “we cannot halt the process.”
“I think it's something we have to do at this juncture,” he added.
As Fox News reports:
Johnson's remarks came during a Saturday appearance on “Fox & Friends Weekend,” where he, along with House GOP conference chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., spoke to several topics and were asked about plans to bring forth a vote on impeachment.
“It's become a necessary step,” he said. “Elise and I both served on the impeachment defense team of Donald Trump twice when the Democrats used it for brazen, partisan political purposes. We decried that use of it. This is very different. Remember, we are the rule of law team. We have to do it very methodically.”
“Our three committees of jurisdiction — judiciary, oversight, ways and means — have been doing an extraordinary job following the evidence where it leads,” he continued. “But now we're being stonewalled by the White House, because they're preventing at least two to three DOJ witnesses from coming forward, a former White House counsel, the national archives . . . the White House has withheld thousands of pages of evidence.”
Reaffirming his belief in moving forward with the process, Johnson said a “formal impeachment inquiry vote on the floor will allow [Republicans] to take it to the next necessary step.”
Congressional leaders may hold an impeachment inquiry vote as early as next week.
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