Biden’s White House sends letter to CNN, NY Times and other top outlets demanding them to probe ‘lies’ behind GOP’s plan to impeach president

The Biden administration is sending a letter to many of the major news organizations across the country, demanding they investigate the “lies” of the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced an official impeachment inquiry Tuesday over allegations of corruption and involvement in son Hunter’s business dealings, sparking fiery responses from Democrats.

Ian Sams, a special assistant to the president and senior adviser in the White House Counsel’s Office, wrote a letter to both conservative and liberal-leaning media outlets, which will be distributed on Wednesday in an apparent attempt to influence their reporting.

“It is time for the media to step up their scrutiny of Republicans in the House of Representatives for opening an impeachment investigation based on lies,” Sams wrote.

Sams added that the impeachment inquiry “should set alarm bells ringing among news organizations.”

CNN is reportedly among the recipients of the letter, which will be distributed to networks and outlets on both sides of the aisle

The White House is demanding that the news media avoid what Sams and the Bidens say is false equivalency reporting.

“Treating impeachment as a trial story — Republicans say X, but the White House says Y — is a disservice to the American public who depend on the independent press to hold those in power accountable,” Sams wrote .

He describes the Republican Party as full of “everyday liars and hucksters” who spread “disinformation and lies everywhere from Facebook to Fox.”

Sams calls them “trial stories that fail to unravel the illegality of the claims upon which House Republicans base all their actions only serve to sow confusion, plant false premises in people’s feeds and to obscure the truth.’

The letter will be sent to high-level executives at CNN, the New York Times, Fox News, Associated Press and CBS News, among others. CNN.

Sams — who served on Biden’s transition team and previously worked for the campaigns of Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton — was highly critical of the impeachment inquiry in a tweet posted earlier Tuesday, calling it “extreme politics at its worst.”

“Republicans in the House of Representatives have been investigating the president for nine months, and they have found no evidence of wrongdoing,” he wrote.

Ian Sams, a special assistant to the president and senior adviser in the White House Counsel’s Office, wrote the letter that appears to influence reporting

The president has denied any involvement in his son Hunter’s business activities. But Republicans allege at least a dozen Biden family members could be involved in a scheme to benefit financially from Biden’s public office

The letter will be sent to high-level executives at CNN, the New York Times, Fox News, Associated Press and CBS News, among others.

He added that Kevin McCarthy’s own GOP members have said so. He promised to hold a vote to open impeachment proceedings, but now he has turned around because he has no support.”

McCarthy officially announced he will launch an impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden in a shocking statement accusing the president of “abuse of power” and involvement in a ‘culture of corruption’ over son Hunter’s foreign business deals.

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

“These are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption. And they warrant further investigation by the House of Representatives. “That is why today I am directing our committee in the House of Representatives to open a formal investigation into the impeachment of President Joe Biden,” he noted.

“This logical next step will give our committees full power to gather all the facts and answers for the American public. That’s exactly what we want to know the answers to.’

Republicans have accused Biden and his family of making millions from shell companies that Hunter Biden founded when his father was vice president. Hunter had business deals with an energy company in Ukraine, acquired a stake in a private equity firm in China, and consulted for a Romanian real estate magnate.

The president has denied any involvement in his son’s business activities. But Republicans allege that at least a dozen Biden family members could be involved in a scheme to benefit financially from Biden’s public office.

House investigators are expected to issue subpoenas for the banking records of the president and his family. The Republican Party also claims that Biden had at least 24 conversations with Hunter’s business associates and was referred to as “the big guy” by Hunter’s business associates. And they say Joe Biden used pseudonyms to discuss his activities regarding Ukraine with his son Hunter during his time as vice president.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy, under heavy pressure from the right wing of the Republican Party, will launch an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden

An investigation is the first step in the impeachment process. It is when evidence is gathered for the articles or charges of impeachment against an official.

It’s a huge step with many pitfalls, including angering Republican moderates and many Republican senators, who are skeptical of the issue and causing friction with the White House as budget negotiations are underway. Congress faces a September 30 deadline to fund the government or it will shut down.

However, McCarthy is under intense pressure from the conservative wing of his party to take such a step, including threats from some of his own Republican lawmakers to remove him from the presidency.

The White House has repeatedly denied that Biden committed any wrongdoing. The president himself has said he was not involved in Hunter’s business deals.