TODAY: House Set To Approve Impeachment Inquiry

The New York Times reports:

The Republican-led House is on track to approve a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Wednesday, pushing forward with a yearlong G.O.P. investigation that has failed to produce evidence of anything approaching high crimes or misdemeanors.

Republicans say the vote, which is expected in the evening, is needed to give them full authority to carry out their investigations amid anticipated legal challenges from the White House. Democrats have denounced the inquiry as a fishing expedition and a political stunt.

G.O.P. leaders refrained for months from calling a vote to open an impeachment inquiry, given the reservations of mainstream Republicans, many of them from politically competitive districts, about moving forward without proof that Mr. Biden did anything wrong.

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“The Republican-led House is on track to approve a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Wed, pushing forward w/a yearlong investigation that has failed to produce evidence of anything approaching high crimes or misdemeanors.” Trump’s partyhttps://t.co/J7ssTI4fnI

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) December 13, 2023