CHICAGO — House Republicans hope to spoil the beginning of President Biden’s long goodbye by releasing the much-anticipated findings of their impeachment inquiry the very same day he is set to address the Democratic National Convention. Republicans have investigated Biden for the better part of two years, subpoenaing witnesses and combing through documents pertaining to his family business dealings. They had long alleged not just wrongdoing, but also a coverup.
Democrats demanded particulars and mocked the entire process. “You have not identified a single crime. What is the crime that you want to impeach Joe Biden for and keep this nonsense going?” exploded Maryland Rep.
Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democratic member of the House Oversight Committee, during a contentious April hearing. Fired back Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer, “You’re about to find out very soon.
” The 291-page report came three months later. It is a joint product of the Oversight Committee as well as the Judiciary and Ways and Means committees. Its conclusion: Biden engaged in “impeachable conduct” first by participation in his family’s efforts to “monetize his office” while vice president and then by “obstruction of Congress” as president.
The final page of the report reads, “As both president and vice president, Joe Biden has abused his office of public trust, putting his family’s financial interests above the interests of the American people. Although the Committees’ fact-.