Biden after the vote validating his impeachment investigation: “They attack me with lies”

The president of U.S, Joe Bidenthis Wednesday accused the Republicans of Low camera to attack him with “lies“, after the Chamber formalized the impeachment inquiry (‘impeachment‘) against him.

“Instead of doing anything to help improve the lives of Americans, they are focused on attacking me with lies“, he stated in a statement after the vote, which received 221 votes in favor and 212 against.

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The president, who was accused by Republicans of having alleged financial ties to China and to take advantage of his political influence in favor of his family’s business, he also said that today’s vote represents a “baseless political trick”.

“Congressional Republicans themselves admit it is not based on facts”, he highlighted.

The investigation was launched in September unilaterally by the then president of the Chamber, Kevin McCarthywhich was entrusted to the Oversight Committee, the Justice Committee and the Ways and Means Committee.

Conservatives are confident that formalizing the process today will facilitate their access to information, documents and testimonies.

The opposition accuses the Democratic president 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 “enemies” from the country.

At this moment, according to the now president of Low cameraalso republican michael johnsonthe committees concluded that the Biden family received more than $15 million from foreign companies and governments from Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Romania and China between 2014 and 2019. Its partners would have received another 9 million.

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Biden Hunter He had been summoned this Wednesday to give a closed-door statement in this regard, but he did not comply with the summons, claiming that he wanted his testimony to be public.

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”.

When the time comes, the House of Representatives will have to vote on whether to bring charges against the current president, but the power to remove the country’s president subsequently falls to the Senate, where Democrats currently have control.

Source: Elcomercio

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