Will Joe Biden actually be impeached? GOP leadership reveals why a pre-election vote is unlikely

Seven months into their impeachment inquiry into the president, GOP leaders now insist they won’t measure success by whether they actually hold a vote to impeach Joe Biden. But they still haven’t ruled it out.

Instead of an impeachment vote, Republicans in the House of Representatives voted to refer Hunter and James Biden, not Joe, to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal charges. However, Biden’s Justice Department inevitably ignored their suggestion.

Now Oversight Chairman James Comer insists he was not seeking an impeachment vote — he always thought the investigation would end in referrals.

“I’ve been saying for almost a year that this would end with a criminal referral,” he told DailyMail.com in an interview.

He said the impeachment inquiry was the idea of ​​former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

“The impeachment inquiry was a phase that McCarthy created to help us get a better reputation in court. It really had nothing to do with impeachment,” Comer continued.

Over the past six months, the Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means committees have been searching for evidence linking Joe Biden to Hunter Biden’s shady business dealings.

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was holding a vote in the full House to authorize the investigation to give Republicans a better standing in court when the Biden team withheld documents they had subpoenaed. But Republicans privately feared that opening an impeachment inquiry without ever removing the president could look like an exoneration.

“The Senate would never convict Joe Biden,” the Oversight chairman admitted.

‘So our goal was twofold. First, to bring the truth to the American people, and I think we have done that. And number two is to prevent this from happening in the future, and that’s what we’re focused on right now. Impact ventilation is a gray area within the government.’

He pointed to the White House ethics bill he recently introduced with Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of California.

Over the past six months, the Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means committees have been searching for evidence linking Joe Biden to Hunter Biden’s shady business dealings.

Following the testimony of Hunter, James and dozens of their former business partners on Capitol Hill, Republicans showed how Hunter and James took advantage of their last names and introduced Biden to their business partner

The bill, which would strengthen foreign income disclosure requirements for the president and his family members, lost support from Democrats after the White House reportedly made phone calls urging them to drop their support — but Comer insisted it was House and Senate would approve this proposal. Congress.

Still, Comer refused to rule out an impeachment of the president. “Look, we can still impeach Joe Biden, I think we should. But you know what, it’s getting so late in the game.”

Chairman of the Judiciary Jim Jordan told DailyMail.com they were just trying to ‘get the facts out’ – and it would be up to the leadership to decide whether or not there would be a vote.

‘I think the case is compelling. But whether we move forward with actual articles, that is a decision for the entire House of Representatives,” he said.

As for the next thing, “I think we’re working on getting all the facts together and we’ll get to a point at some point, we’re going to present that to the entire Congress, and we’ll see what Congress does.”

After Hunter, James and dozens of their former business associates testified on Capitol Hill, Republicans exposed how Hunter and James profited off their last names to introduce Biden to their business associates and pressured Ukraine to fire a prosecutor who happened to be investigating a company where Hunter Biden served on the board: Burisma.

The elder Biden said he did this because the prosecutor was corrupt, not because it had anything to do with his son.

But Republicans found no clear evidence that Joe Biden was exercising influence to line his own pockets.

They said the Biden family raked in $20 million in foreign business deals, but much of that went to Hunter and James or their business associates.

Comer still hopes his investigation will lead to further legal trouble for the Biden family.

Asked whether he believes the DOJ will pursue criminal referrals if Donald Trump wins the November election, he answers in the affirmative.