House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says lawmakers may be considering an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden.
McCarthy says the inquiry stems from claims of financial misconduct, including claims that there are illegal issues with the Biden family finances, the Associated Press reports.
McCarthy said there is no evidence so far of wrongdoing, but an impeachment inquiry would allow “Congress to get the information to be able to know the truth.”
“We will follow this to the end,” he said.
He did not give specifics into a possible timeline for the inquiry, but it is the first step in pushing forward articles of impeachment.
McCarthy has not officially endorsed Donald Trump as the Republican candidate for president, but experts say the move to discuss impeachment is a sign that Republicans are pressuring the speaker to launch an inquiry.
White House spokesman Ian Sams said the House GOP’s “eagerness to go after POTUS regardless of the truth is seemingly bottomless,” using shorthand for the President of the United States.
“Instead of focusing on the real issues Americans want us to address like continuing to lower inflation or create jobs, this is what the House GOP wants to prioritize,” Sams said on Twitter.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said this week that she would not answer questions about a potential impeachment.
House Republicans have been looking into the Biden family finances, including payments that son Hunter Biden received from a Ukrainian energy company that was affiliated with the first impeachment of Trump.
Hunter Biden has already agreed to plead guilty in a case of misdemeanor charges for failing to pay income taxes for several years.
At issue with the Ukrainian energy company is the claim that Burisma company officials paid the Bidens $5 million each in return for their help in ousting a Ukrainian prosecutor that was allegedly investigating the energy company.
The Justice Department has already closed an investigation into those claims, saying there was no evidence of wrongdoing.
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