THE White House dismissed the ongoing impeachment inquiry against President Biden as “embarrassing” following a chaotic hearing Wednesday.
The Republican effort failed Wednesday when an eight-hour hearing failed to chart a clear path for investigating the case. The Biden family unclear relationship with foreign business interests.
“This hearing has been embarrassing for House Republicans. A complete waste of time. It’s time to move on from this sad charade. There are real issues that the American people want us to address,” the spokesperson said. speech from the White House, Ian Sams.
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A White House lawyer wrote a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday saying the impeachment inquiry into President Biden was “complete” and it was “obviously time to move on.” (AP/Evan Vucci)
“This is a sad affair at the end of a deadlocked impeachment,” Sams said in a separate statement. “Stop it, buddy.”
The chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, Rep. James Comer, said after the hearing that the committee would need to hear the president himself.
The president is unlikely to accede to the committee’s desire to have him testify.
Comer indicated he would likely abandon his plan to draft articles of impeachment against the president and instead submit criminal charges to the Justice Department.
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From left, Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Speaker James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., attend the House . Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing titled “Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden’s Abuse of Public Office,” in the Rayburn Building. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The hearing investigating the Biden family’s finances ended in chaos at one point when two of the witnesses began throwing accusations at each other.
The exchange began after Rep. Matt GaetzR-Fla., criticized Democrats for inviting former Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas as a witness, referencing his past criminal convictions and asking for his reaction to GOP witness Tony Bobulinski.
“I find it ridiculous that the Democrats are asking Lev Parnas to comment on my credibility. A convicted felon, who has served time in prison. I have a clean record,” Bobulinski said.
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A nameplate for Hunter Biden is seen before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing titled “Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden’s Abuse of Public Office,” in the Rayburn Building. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Bobulinski added that Parnas had “warned” him earlier in the hearing that Democrats were coming after him, to which Parnas responded: “I didn’t warn you. I said keep talking, you will be there soon.”
“I look forward to it, Mr. Parnas,” Bobulinski replied.
Then two continued to go back and forth until Parnas turned on Gaetz and criticized him for not asking him a direct question, to which Gaetz responded that he had asked him about his “business dealings illegal” earlier in the hearing.
Fox News’ Patrick Ward, Stepheny Price and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
