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With help from Democrats, Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California was removed as Speaker of the House.
This has raised questions about the impact of McCarthy’s removal on the ongoing impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, who is accused of violating federal law by accepting bribes and obstructing justice in his son Hunter’s criminal investigation.
Steven S. Smith, a professor at the Arizona State University, said McCarthy’s removal won’t affect impeachment. (Trending: Illegal Immigrant Deported 9 Times Commits Heinous Crime
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“There’s nothing that requires committees to slow down their activities, so there’s no reason why the Hunter Biden investigation or the impeachment-related investigation conducted on a joint committee basis would have to slow down,” he said.
“Of course, members are going to be distracted. So maybe some meetings are going to be called off because members are worrying about electing a speaker for the time being.”
“If it goes longer than the end of next week, then I think there’s going to be some serious issues about how they proceed,” he added.
Joseph Huder, senior fellow at The Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University, said, “Today’s event was historic. It was huge, but effectively it changed nothing.” (Trending: As Fauci’s Net Worth Surpasses $11 Million, Americans Take A Closer Look At His Disturbing Lies)
“The House has its rules, it’s got committees, they’re all empowered to do investigations, they’re empowered to subpoena, to take witness testimony. The speaker, as the speaker pro tempore, has the powers of the speakership, and until he is reined in by his majority, he can use those as freely as the previous speaker.”
“All of the kind of institutional mechanics at the House level operate just the same as they were. They’re in place, and they’re not going to change just because there’s no speaker. What does change are some of the politics behind the scenes, and that’s where it gets very murky about what Mr. McHenry can and cannot do,” Huder added.
McCarthy was removed from hi speakership by a 216-210 vote.
Eight Republicans joined all Democrats in voting in favor of the motion to vacate.
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