House Republicans have concluded their impeachment inquiry into President Biden, alleging that he engaged in “impeachable conduct” by abusing his office and defrauding the United States to enrich his family.
A report from the House Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means Committees claims there is overwhelming evidence of misconduct, including receiving over $27 million from foreign entities and leveraging Biden’s vice presidential position to secure unrepayable loans.
The report details meetings and financial transactions implicating the Biden family in influence peddling and emphasizes that Biden’s actions posed a conflict of interest.
“The Committees have accumulated evidence demonstrating that President Biden has engaged in impeachable conduct,” the report states.
“As Vice President, President Biden actively participated in his conspiracy by, among other things, attending dinners with his family’s foreign business partners and speaking to them by phone, often when being placed on speakerphone by Hunter Biden,” the report adds.
“Based on the totality of evidence, it is inconceivable that President Biden did not understand that he was taking part in an effort to enrich his family by abusing his office of public trust,” the report reads.
“Foreign money was transmitted to the Biden family through complicated financial transactions,” the report adds. “The Biden family laundered funds through intermediate entities and broke up large transactions into numerous smaller transactions.”
Additionally, it includes allegations of mishandling classified information and interference in tax investigations concerning Hunter Biden.
The report calls for impeachment as a remedy for what it describes as egregious conduct and warns against the misuse of impeachment powers.
House Republicans formalized the inquiry in December 2023 amidst broader scrutiny of Biden’s presidency and ongoing legal challenges faced by Hunter Biden.
“Several witnesses testified that Hunter Biden invoked his father in business dealings with Romanian, Chinese, Kazakhstani, and Ukrainian companies, resulting in millions of dollars flowing to the Biden family,” the report states.
“President Biden’s participation in this conspiracy to enrich his family constitutes as impeachable conduct,” they said. “By monetizing the Vice Presidency for his family’s benefit, he abused his office of public trust, placing the welfare of his family ahead of the welfare of the United States.”
They added, “He also put foreign interests ahead of the interests of the American people.”
“During his tenure as Vice President, Joe Biden removed highly sensitive classified documents from the White House, despite having no authority to do so,” the report reads.
“The Justice Department prevented line attorneys from conducting key interviews and pursuing important lines of inquiry,” the report states. “The special treatment for Hunter Biden, which only ceased at the onset of congressional attention on the Department’s investigation, may be a basis for impeachment, as the distortion of an official investigation was a basis in the prospective impeachment of President Nixon in 1974.”
The report adds, “In certain circumstances the President may be impeached for the actions of subordinate officials.”
“The totality of the corrupt conduct uncovered by the Committees is egregious,” the report states. “President Joe Biden conspired to commit influence peddling and grift. In doing so, he abused his office and, by repeatedly lying about his abuse of office, has defrauded the United States to enrich his family.”
“Not one of these transactions would have occurred, but for Joe Biden’s official position in the United States government.”
“This pattern of conduct ensured his family – who provided no legitimate services – lived a lavish lifestyle. The evidence uncovered in the Committees’ impeachment inquiry reflects a family selling the ‘Biden brand’ around the world with President Biden – the ‘big guy’ – swooping in to seal the deal on speaker phones or in private dinners,” the report adds. “It shows a concerted effort to conceal President Biden’s involvement in the family’s influence peddling scheme.”
“Despite the cheapening of the impeachment power by Democrats in recent years, the House’s decision to pursue articles of impeachment must not be made lightly,” the report reads. “As such, this report endeavors to present the evidence gathered to date so that all Members of the House may assess the extent of President Biden’s corruption.”
