House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) laid out the most definitive timeline this far regarding Republicans’ ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden.
In an interview with “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo on Fox, Jordan indicated that Republicans would likely conclude shortly after the first of the year and whether or not impeachment is necessary, Newsweek reported.
“The House Oversight Committee is currently conducting an inquiry into the Biden family after then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, announced the investigation in early September,” the outlet reported on Sunday.
“At the center of the Biden impeachment inquiry is his alleged involvement in his son Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings. The White House has repeatedly denied that the president ever had any involvement in his son’s business,” the outlet continued.
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) signed subpoenas for first son Hunter Biden and the president’s brother, James Biden, last week, along with additional members of their family. In addition, Comer signed off on a subpoena for Rob Walker, a former Hunter Biden business associate.
The first son has been requested to appear for a closed-door deposition on Dec. 13, while James Biden “is expected to attend a deposition on December 6 and Walker is scheduled for November 29,” Newsweek reported.
Jordan, who is also a member of the Oversight Committee, told Bartiromo he sees a timeline of early 2024 as potentially ripe for an impeachment vote.
“I believe that we will get the depositions and the interviews done in this calendar year and then make a decision early next year whether there are actual — the evidence warrants going through articles of impeachment and moving to that stage of the investigation,” he said.
“We have a constitutional duty to do oversight. We’re now in the impeachment inquiry phase of our oversight duty. We’re driven by the facts. We’re driven by the evidence. Not by the politics like the Democrats are when they attacked President Trump,” Jordan added.
