Biden under scrutiny: House Republicans gear up investigations of the president
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Loading... - Amelia McPherson
- 07 Feb 2023
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One political party controls the U.S. House and the other party holds the presidency – so you know what that means.
It's time to investigate the president again.
As with previous Congresses, the newly empowered House Republicans are engaged in a plethora of probes of President Joe Biden and his allies, from border security and the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal to Joe Biden's classified documents and son Hunter Biden's laptop.
To the Republicans, it's about oversight of the executive branch. "This administration needs checks and balances – any administration needs checks and balances," said Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., who will be supervising many of the investigations as chair of the House Oversight Committee.
Aides to Biden, as with previous presidents, see it as something else: politics designed to hurt the incumbent ahead of an election year. While White House officials have pledged to cooperate with Republican investigators, they are also organized and prepared to respond to what they regard as unfair inquiries.
Here are some of the things to look for in the months ahead:
Aggressive Republicans
Republican investigators take a big public step Wednesday when the House Oversight Committee holds a hearing on how Twitter handled news reports of Hunter Biden's laptop, which included some of his business records – the morning after Biden delivers his State of the Union message.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, now chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, cited the GOP's investigation into the so-called "weaponization of the federal government" by telling reporters: "We'll issue the subpoenas and try to get the information, documents that we need." Read More…
