‘Not Seen Since Richard Nixon’: McCarthy Floats Impeachment Inquiry Into Biden Foreign Business Ties

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) floated the idea of House Republicans opening an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden’s finances and international business relationships during a Monday night interview.

“When Biden was running for office, he told the public he has never talked about business. He said his family has never received a dollar from China, which we prove is not true,” the speaker told Fox News primetime anchor Sean Hannity.

“We’ve only followed where the information has taken us. But, Hannity, this is rising to the level of impeachment inquiry, which provides Congress the strongest power to get the rest of the knowledge and information needed.”

“[T]his president has also 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,” the California representative added.

The White House condemned McCarthy’s comments as “baseless.”

“Instead of focusing on the real issues Americans want us to address like continuing to lower inflation or create jobs, this is what the @HouseGOP wants to prioritize,” Ian Sams, a spokesman for the president, tweeted on Monday night.

“Their eagerness to go after @POTUS regardless of the truth is seemingly bottomless.”

The speaker’s comments came on the same day that the New York Post first reported that a former business associate of Hunter Biden, Devon Archer, was set to testify before Congress, alleging that then-Vice President Biden was present on calls with his son and international business associates.

“We are looking forward very much to hearing from Devon Archer about all the times he has witnessed Joe Biden meeting with Hunter Biden’s overseas business partners when he was vice president, including on speakerphone,” Representative James Comer (R., Ky.) said.

McCarthy teased a similar idea back in late June, suggesting House Republicans might open an impeachment inquiry into Attorney General Merrick Garland’s potential interference in the Internal Revenue Agency’s (IRS) investigation of Hunter Biden’s taxes. His comments came after an agency whistleblower testified that the probe was intentionally slow-walked and corrupted by political bias.

“We need to get to the facts, and that includes reconciling these clear disparities. U.S. Attorney David Weiss must provide answers to the House Judiciary Committee,” the speaker tweeted at the time.

“If the whistleblowers’ allegations are true, this will be a significant part of a larger impeachment inquiry into Merrick Garland’s weaponization of DOJ.”

The attorney general strongly denied the allegations.

“As I said from the moment of my appointment as attorney general, I would leave this matter in the hands of the United States attorney — who was appointed by the previous president and assigned to this matter by the previous administration — that he would be given full authority to decide the matter as he decided was appropriate, and that’s what he’s done,” Garland said in a statement responding to McCarthy’s accusation.