McCarthy Doubles Down on Biden Impeachment Inquiry Threat

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) walks to his office after opening the House floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 17, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) doubled down on his threat to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

Appearing on Fox News’ “Hannity” on July 24, Mr. McCarthy talked about the FBI document alleging that Mr. Biden took payments from abroad while he was vice president through shell companies and that this information wouldn’t have been known from whistleblowers were the Republicans not in the majority in the House. Mr. McCarthy said that information rises “to the level of impeachment inquiry, which provides Congress the strongest power to get the rest of the knowledge and information needed.”

‘Weaponization of Government’

Mr. McCarthy went on to lament that Mr. Biden “has used something we have not seen since Richard Nixon: use the weaponization of government to benefit his family and deny Congress the ability to have the oversight.”