Joe Biden Impeachment: 5 Key Facts You Need To Know About Open Hearing

By Rick Martin First Posted: Sep 28, 2023 08:42 PM EDT

House Republicans finally get the Joe Biden impeachment inquiry they wanted as Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces some leadership troubles. Democrats, however, are pushing back with some hard facts as Republicans struggled to give concrete evidence to impeach Joe Biden at the hearing.

The first formal impeachment hearing happened Monday morning, with the House Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means committees, all led by Republicans, trying to link the president with his son, Hunter Biden's overseas business dealings. However, it seems that it did not go well for them as planned.

Important Facts Regarding Joe Biden Impeachment Hearing

Chairman James Comer, who is leading the investigation into the connections between Biden and his son, tried to connect that Hunter Biden peddled influence to other countries despite not presenting much evidence regarding this. Here are five things that happened around the impeachment inquiry hearing:

Republican Witnesses Admitted Republicans Do Not Have Enough Evidence To Impeach Joe Biden

George Washington Law School professor Jonathan Turley, one of the Republicans' witnesses they brought into the Joe Biden impeachment hearing, admitted, "I do not believe that the current evidence would support articles of impeachment."

According to Yahoo! News, this was echoed by a second witness, forensic accounting expert Bruce Dubinsky. Like Turley, he was also supposed to be a witness for the Republicans. He also admitted that there is currently not enough evidence of corruption by President Biden to warrant an impeachment.

Impeachment Inquiry Happening as Government Shutdown Looms

The Democrats slammed the inquiry and called it a "waste of time." They then pointed to the looming government shutdown that the Republicans themselves have brought because of their infighting. According to Fox News, the Democrats even brought a countdown clock to show that while Republicans were busy impeaching Biden without much evidence to support their claims, the government was about to shut down.

Republicans Accused of Just Politicking

Rep. Alexandria Ocaso-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, hit her Republican colleagues by pointing out that despite their own witnesses saying that there was not enough evidence to impeach, they were still trying to spin it that there was indeed corruption.

The Latina congresswoman pointed out that the witnesses had to be honest to the committee because they were under oath. However, her Republican colleagues were not and were free to spin the inquiry as a win for the Republicans.

Republican Congressman Struggles To Answer Fact-Based Question Regarding 'Evidence'

Republican congressman and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, meanwhile, struggled to answer some discrepancies in the Republican's case against Biden. This includes presenting evidence that happened while Biden was not in public office.

The Missouri Republican characterized an "evidence of corruption and misconduct" tied to Biden during a press conference. This includes a June 2017 message that Hunter allegedly sent to a business associate on the messaging platform WhatsApp.

There was one problem with this evidence, however, as Biden was not the president at that time, Donald Trump was. He was not the vice president either. This led to NBC News reporter Ryan Nobles pointing that out leading to a confrontation between the two, with the Republican retreating and trying to change the subject as he struggled to answer the question.

Majority of Voters Oppose Joe Biden Impeachment

While Republicans are trying to impeach Biden, that idea itself is not very popular among US voters. An NBC News poll found that 56% of registered voters say Congress should not hold impeachment hearings, while 39% say it should.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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