Karine Jean-Pierre Geese Questions on Impeachment, Devon Archer
House Oversight Committee Looks Into Allegations of Bribery Between Biden and Ukraine
The FBI form that claimed President Joe Biden accepted a $5 million bribe while serving as vice president was made public less than a week ago, and the White House declined to comment on the ongoing House impeachment investigation.
In addition, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refrained from commenting on Devon Archer, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, who is currently testifying before Congress. Jean-Pierre said, “I don’t have any comment on this,” in response to a question on Tuesday concerning Archer’s testimony before the House Oversight Committee and whether the White House views him as a credible witness.
On Wednesday, the son of the President informed a federal judge located in Delaware that he planned to enter a guilty plea to two misdemeanour tax counts and to lying on a weapons purchase form. On July 31, Archer is scheduled to testify before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.
Meanwhile, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, has maintained that the House need to move forward with an impeachment investigation due to growing evidence of the Biden family’s influence peddling, which seems to directly include the President. An examination into the possibility that an official committed an impeachment offence is known as an impeachment inquiry.
Sen. Charles Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, made the FBI form FD-1023 public last week. It disclosed that Mykola Zlochevsky, the CEO of Burma Holdings at the time, had given $5 million to Joe Biden and another $5 million to Hunter Biden, according to a confidential informant. In an attempt to obstruct an inquiry into the company, the former leader of the Ukrainian energy company said the Bidens put pressure on him for the payment.
The National Legal and Policy Center’s legal watchdog, Paul Kamenar, said that Devon Archer’s testimony “may add more evidence to open an impeachment inquiry.” He continued by saying that the House might be able to gather additional information if there was a genuine impeachment investigation. “As for whether it’s better than an oversight hearing, it could be, with more resources devoted to it than a regular committee” , Kamenar stated.
The chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee and member of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., stated that two IRS whistleblowers provided congressional investigators with strong evidence regarding potentially dishonest Biden family business dealings, even though they were unaware of the bribery charge at the time of the investigation.
The Daily Signal was informed by Palmer that “it’s also important to understand that these guys were acting on information they had available to them”. “The FD-1023 form was not available to them. I’m just curious how their suggestions would have changed if they had known that information.”
When questioned about McCarthy’s remark regarding an impeachment investigation earlier in the press conference, Jean-Pierre stated she wouldn’t make assumptions about what the Republicans would or wouldn’t do. The Daily Signal went on to inquire, saying, “According to Speaker McCarthy’s remarks regarding the impeachment probe, he seemed to be arguing that there was sufficient growing evidence to at least conduct an investigation. Can you at least state whether you think there is enough growing evidence to warrant a probe or not? “I’ve addressed your colleagues on this matter of what Speaker McCarthy will do or won’t do, and how House Republicans will proceed,” Jean-Pierre retorted. Simply put, I have nothing to share.”