House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) is expected to endorse an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden in a closed-door meeting with House Republicans this week.
McCarthy plans to tell those present that the move is the “logical next step” in the Republican Party’s probes of Biden and his son Hunter’s alleged influence peddling schemes, Punchbowl News reported Tuesday and Fox News confirmed.
At the private meeting set for Thursday morning, House Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) and House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R., Ky.) will each provide an update regarding their respective investigations into the Biden family’s foreign business dealings.
McCarthy plans to say the two chairs have uncovered enough information that necessitates the House formalizing the impeachment inquiry in order to obtain the Biden’s bank records and other documents.
No direct evidence has been provided yet, according to the original report.
Not all House Republicans support the move, however. Colorado representative Ken Buck and Nebraska representative Don Bacon, skeptically oppose an impeachment inquiry into the president. As a result, it might be difficult to gain a full House vote this month like McCarthy intends.
The report comes as Florida representative Matt Gaetz is expected to slam McCarthy on Tuesday regarding his performance leading the Republican caucus. Gaetz has previously said if the House GOP leader stands against Biden’s impeachment process in any way, he won’t hesitate to support McCarthy’s removal from leadership.
The House could vote to approve an impeachment inquiry as soon as this month. However, House Republicans are working against a deadline of September 30 before a shutdown occurs. Congress is supposed to approve funding for the federal government by then.
The nation’s $886 billion defense bill is scheduled for a House vote this week.
As for a possible impeachment inquiry, House Republicans will meet Thursday at 8:30 a.m.
National Review contacted McCarthy’s office for comment.