House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) said Republicans will open an impeachment investigation into Attorney General Merrick Garland if whistleblower allegations about the Justice Department’s mishandling of its Hunter Biden investigation are substantiated.
IRS investigator Gary Shapley on Thursday told Congress that Garland’s Department of Justice blocked the agency from bringing felony tax charges against Biden. Shapley alleged that U.S. Attorney David Weiss told investigators he did not have final say in bringing charges against Biden, which contradicts Garland’s claims that he would not interfere in the investigation.
McCarthy says the inconsistencies in Garland and Weiss’s statements could warrant an impeachment inquiry.
"If it comes true what the IRS whistleblowers are saying," McCarthy said Monday morning on Fox and Friends, "we’re going to start impeachment inquiries into the attorney general." The speaker said he would begin impeachment investigations into the attorney general on July 6, barring significant problems with whistleblower testimony.
McCarthy’s announcement is the latest escalation in Republicans’ investigations into Biden’s business dealings. Republicans have long suspected Biden was receiving special treatment from the Department of Justice during its criminal investigation into him. Biden was slapped with two misdemeanor tax charges and a felony gun charge that can be expunged from his record, which critics have slammed as a "sweetheart deal."
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