The Justice Department is pushing back against a new set of subpoenas quietly sent out by House Republicans related the Hunter Biden criminal investigation in another brewing faceoff in the impeachment inquiry.
The transcript of Hunter Biden's congressional deposition gives insight into a contentious closed-door testimony in which Republicans aggressively questioned the central figure in their impeachment inquiry.
The Republicans who lead the House Oversight and Accountability Committee and the Judiciary Committee announced Friday that they will hold votes on contempt charges against Hunter Biden as the GOP moves into the final stages of its impeachment inquiry.
Johnson and the Republican leadership team had been contemplating in recent weeks a vote to formalize their monthslong inquiry into the president. The constitutional process has yet to produce any direct evidence of wrongdoing by the president.
Wednesday's subpoenas are the most aggressive step yet by Republicans in an impeachment inquiry bitterly opposed by Democrats that's testing the reach of congressional oversight powers.
Voters are divided largely along party lines, with 81 percent of Democrats opposing the impeachment inquiry and 77 percent of Republicans supporting it. Just over half (52 percent) of independents support it.
Voters are divided largely along party lines, with 81 percent of Democrats opposing the impeachment inquiry and 77 percent of Republicans supporting it. Just over half (52 percent) of independents support it.
House Republicans held their first impeachment hearing into President Biden. The Republicans argue there is a real concern about the Biden family, but Democrats say it's an attempt to distract from the criminal charges against former President Trump. Amna Nawaz discussed the hearing and the legal basis for the impeachment inquiry with Frank Bowman.
The hearing -- scheduled for Sept. 28 -- is expected to focus on "constitutional and legal questions" that surround the allegations of Biden's involvement in his son Hunter's overseas businesses.