Investigators will likely intensify their efforts to get several government officials to provide information on matters related to the investigation.
Republican leaders in the House of Representatives have announced some of the next steps in the impeachment investigation into the activities of President Joe Biden.
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced on Sept. 13 that his committee would hold a hearing on the matter next month. Mr. Comer has been tasked with leading the overall investigation in cooperation with Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Jason Smith (R-Mo.), who chair the Judiciary Committee and Ways and Means Committee, respectively.
Mr. Comer said investigators will look for additional emails from President Biden during the time he served as vice president, from 2009 to 2017, and witness testimony from those claiming that the Biden family profited millions of dollars through influence peddling to foreign nationals.
“We plan on having a hearing in September that will kind of evaluate some of the things that we believe have happened from the Biden family that are in violation with our law,” Mr. Comer said at a press conference on Capitol Hill.
The announcement came a day after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) opened the impeachment inquiry.
“House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct. Taken together, these allegations paint a picture of a culture of corruption,” Mr. McCarthy said. “This logical next step will give our committees the full power to gather all the facts and answers for the American public.”
Mr. Comer’s hearing will be the first in what is likely to be a flurry of investigative actions over the next few months as the three House committees—Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means—ramp up their efforts to uncover evidence of wrongdoing by the president.
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