Democrats Focus on Trump as Republicans Point to Deepening Evidence in 1st Biden Impeachment Inquiry Hearing

Lengthy House Oversight and Accountability hearing sees continuous partisan clash over allegations of foreign influence peddling by First Family members.

Chairman of the Full Committee on Oversight and Accountability Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) speaks during a hearing with IRS whistleblowers about the Biden Criminal Investigation at the U.S. Congress in Washington on July 19, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—If there was one thing that Democrats, Republicans, and the four witnesses agreed on during the first impeachment inquiry hearing of the House of Representatives on Sept. 28, it was that there isn’t presently sufficient evidence to justify ousting President Joe Biden for “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors,” as required by the Constitution.

What they disagreed on was the question of whether the thousands of pages of evidence accumulated to date by Republicans warrants further investigation. Democrats argued throughout the hearing that, as Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said in his opening statement, “There is no evidence, no smoke, no gun.”