While House Democrats are confident they can defend President Joe Biden against a potential impeachment inquiry, many wish for a clearer strategy against GOP allegations on a known sensitive topic in the West Wing: Hunter Biden.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing threats from Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as he plots to move forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. TIME political correspondent Molly Ball join's CNN's John Berman to react.
Texas state senators on Tuesday rejected a motion to dismiss Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment case, setting the stage for the trial of the embattled Republican accused of abusing his office.
The impeachment trial of Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who faces accusations of repeatedly abusing his office to help a donor, is set to begin Tuesday in the Republican-controlled state Senate.
As House Republicans' impeachment drumbeat grows louder, White House officials are focused on whether House Speaker Kevin McCarthy can summon enough votes to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, according to two people familiar with the White House's thinking.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and top Republicans have begun to strategize about how to move forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden this fall -- the latest sign that the House GOP is seriously laying the groundwork to initiate rare proceedings against the current president.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been insistent: House Republicans are still gathering evidence and have yet to decide whether to open up a formal impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.
Attorneys for suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have asked that the majority of the articles of impeachment brought against him be dismissed, arguing he can't be tried for alleged actions that took place before his current term.
Republican Rep. Ken Buck, a member of the conservative House Freedom caucus, said Wednesday that members of his party were engaged in "impeachment theater" and accused House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of using a "shiny object" to distract from disagreements over major spending legislation.
