Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Keeps Promise, Files Impeachment Articles Against Biden
Newly-elected Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Thursday that she has filed articles of impeachment against Pres. Joe Biden.
In a statement, Marjorie Taylor Greene said that Pres. Biden is unfit to hold the office of the presidency. She noted that Biden's pattern of abuse of power as former president Barack Obama's vice president is "lengthy and disturbing."
Greene added that Pres. Biden has shown that he would do whatever it takes to bail out his son, Hunter, and connect his family's money with funds from corrupt foreign energy companies.
As of 6 p.m., the specific articles of impeachment are not yet available, CBS 46 reported. But in the statement, Greene said Biden abused the Office of the Vice President's power and enabled bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors when he allowed his son to influence the domestic policy of a foreign nation and accept various benefits from foreign nationals for "certain favors."
Greene further noted that Biden is even on tape admitting "to a quid pro quo with the Ukrainian government threatening to withhold $1,000,000,000 in foreign aid if they did not do his bidding."
She added that Pres. Biden residing in the White House "is a threat to national security and he must be immediately impeached."
According to a Fox News report, Marjorie Taylor Greene had been a public supporter of the conspiracy theories from QAnon and a strong Trump ally.
She recently criticized the deployment of around 25,000 National Guard to Washington D.C. to protect Biden during the presidential inauguration. She tweeted and called Biden a "clueless Grandpa" on Wednesday.
Greene also took to Twitter to make her announcement in filing the articles of impeachment against Pres. Biden. She immediately used her announcement to raise money for an "Impeach Joe Biden Fund."
Greene was able to use her Twitter account after being banned from the social media platform for 12 hours last weekend. Twitter blocked her account because she allegedly violated its rules put in place after the violent riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Greene's articles of impeachment are not expected to make it very far with a Democrat-controlled House. Democrats also control the Senate and won't likely consider impeaching Biden.
Marjorie Taylor Greene announced that she would file impeachment articles against Pres. Biden last week, just hours after the House impeached President Donald Trump for the second time.
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Pres. Biden-Ukraine Allegations
Pres. Biden has repeatedly denied making any policy decisions toward Ukraine while minding his son's business interest into consideration.
Senate Republicans conducted an investigation last year, looking at corruption allegations against the Bidens. According to The Hill report, the Senate did not find any evidence to prove the claims against the current president.
It was also found that Hunter's work for the Ukrainian company, Burisma, does not have evidence that influenced the U.S. foreign policy. But Hunter is currently under investigation by the Justice Department, probing his finances that include some of his Chinese business dealings.
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Profile
Marjorie Taylor Greene was among the 139 representatives and eight senators who rejected the Electoral College results from Arizona and Pennsylvania, the key states confirming Biden's win over Trump.
Greene also claimed widespread voter fraud in her home state that resulted in Biden's close win in Georgia. However, she continued to push that her victory was totally legitimate and that her vote count was accurate, according to an Independent report.
Republican officials who oversaw the election in Georgia have refuted her false claims of voter fraud. They also confirmed Biden's win after a series of checks and hand recounts.
Marjorie Taylor Greene was elected in the house seat in November, representing Georgia's 14th Congressional District that includes almost all of the state's northwestern area.
Trump also campaigned on behalf of Greene and dubbed her as a future Republican star. But some fellow Republicans have denounced Greene and others in her conspiracy theory wing of the party.
Republican Senator Ben Sasse said she would just keep making fools out of herself, her constituents, and the party.
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