House GOP investigators accuse Biden of ‘impeachable conduct’

By Jordain Carney | 08/19/2024 01:34 PM EDT

The report is unlikely to change the fact that Republicans don’t have the votes to impeach the president.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) looks on.

Some House Judiciary Committee Republicans have pushed to hold public hearings on impeachment articles, but Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) didn’t commit to that step in a recent interview. Francis Chung/POLITICO

House Republican investigators accused President Joe Biden of engaging in “impeachable conduct” as part of a long-awaited report. It’s unlikely to change a reality the party has faced for months: They don’t have the votes to impeach him.

The 291-page report released Monday by the Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means committees comes roughly eight months after Republicans formalized their impeachment inquiry against the president.

Their sweeping investigations, largely focused on the business deals of Biden’s family members, have gone on even longer, informally starting around the time they first took the House majority in January 2023.

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Republicans on the committees are accusing Biden of two offenses they argue meet the bar for impeachable conduct: abuse of power and obstruction.

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