Republicans launch impeachment trial against Biden without possibility of success

Republicans in the House of Representatives U.S This Thursday they began a political trial against the president Joe Biden by an alleged network of family corruption, a maneuver that has no chance of success due to the lack of a majority in the Senate.

Conservatives accuse Biden of having used his influence when he was vice president of the U.S in the Government of Barack Obama (2009-2017) to help his son Hunter and other relatives in alleged irregular dealings with China.

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However, for Democrats it is nothing more than a political maneuver to divert attention from the judicial siege that weighs on the former president. donald trump (2017-2021), great favorite for the Republican nomination ahead of the 2024 elections.

A judgment without a majority

He Supervisory Committee from the Low cameradominated by Republicans since the November 2022 midterm elections, called for this Thursday the first hearing on the investigation into the “impeachment”(impeachment) against Biden.

The congressman James Comerchairman of the commission, stated at the beginning of the session that legislators have “a mountain of evidence“this would demonstrate that the current president”He abused his public office for the financial benefit of his family”.

Legal experts were invited to the session to analyze the legal issues surrounding the investigation, but no witnesses or conclusive evidence of Biden’s relationship with the alleged corrupt companies were presented.

O United States Constitution establishes that the president can be removed from office in an impeachment process if he has committed “serious crimes or misdemeanors”.

Republicans maintain that, for now, the objective of the impeachment trial is not to remove the president, but rather to be able to expand the investigation into the alleged irregularities.

The truth is that it is not clear that the leader of the Chamber of Representativesthe republican Kevin McCarthywill have the support of the moderate sector of his bench to dismiss Biden.

Furthermore, even if the impeachment trial proceeds in the Lower House, it would then have to go through the Senate, where the Democrats hold the majority, so its chances are zero.

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Jonathan Turleylaw professor at George Washington University cited today by Republicans, showed his support for Congress to investigate Biden for irregularities, but confessed that he would vote “No”to fire the president because there is not enough evidence.

While Michael Gerhardtfrom the University of North Carolina and called to testify by Democrats, concluded that “there is not enough base”to open this case against the president

Both are renowned jurists who testified in the impeachment trial against Bill Clinton in 1998 and Trump’s first, in 2019.

Democrats tried unsuccessfully today to force the emergence of Rudy Giulianiformer Trump lawyer, accused of being the mastermind of “hoaxes”against the Biden family.

Few hours until government shutdown

This first hearing began two days before, at midnight on Saturday, the federal government ran out of resources to continue operating and had to close, which would have a strong impact on the economy.

A group of ultraconservative Republicans close to Trump are in full rebellion and resist supporting a short-term solution that would fund federal agencies so that the Administration can continue to function.

O The White House warned this Thursday in a statement that there are less than 60 hours left until the government shutdown, which could lead to “harmful consequences”, such as losing jobs, suspending military pay, or abandoning the fight against fentanyl without funding.

“Nothing should distract us from this“, highlighted the Executive, in a veiled allusion to the impeachment of the Republicans.

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Since the Trump administration, Republicans have been eyeing the business of Biden Hunterwho is accused of illegal possession of weapons and investigated for irregular tax declarations.

Conservatives have used his son’s figure as a weapon to discredit Biden, but so far they have not demonstrated a direct relationship between the current president and Hunter’s business.

Biden aspires to be re-elected in next year’s elections, in which he will probably face Trump again, against whom there are four criminal charges, two of them for his alleged attempts to reverse the elections he lost in 2020.

Source: Elcomercio

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