House Republicans are moving forward with their effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.
In a party-line vote, House Republicans approved a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden's family business dealings. The launch of a formal impeachment inquiry gives Republicans more firepower and better legal standing to issue subpoenas. Scott MacFarlane has details.
The Republican-led House of Representatives is set to vote Wednesday on whether to push forward with the impeachment inquiry into President Biden. It follows a monthslong investigation into the president and his family's business affairs that so far has failed to produce any evidence of high crimes or misdemeanors. Nikole Killion reports.
Formalizing the impeachment investigation into President Biden could give Republicans more legal firepower, while the White House dismissed it as a "stunt."
Top White House attorney Richard Sauber sent a letter to the House Oversight and Judiciary Committee chairs rejecting requests for interviews with White House staff members.
In the first impeachment inquiry hearing into President Biden, House Republicans laid out their case to justify the investigation. But their own witnesses challenged they have evidence to prove the president committed an impeachable offense. CBS News' congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports from Capitol Hill.
The first impeachment inquiry hearing into President Biden takes place Thursday. The GOP memo says the inquiry "will span the time of Joe Biden's Vice Presidency to the present, including his time out of office."
The House Oversight Committee chair said the Sept. 28 meeting will be a "refresher" on information gathered into foreign business dealings by Hunter Biden and James Biden.