Biden impeachment inquiry live updates: House Republicans hold first hearing
Written by ABC AUDIO on September 28, 2023
(WASHINGTON) — House Republicans Thursday are holding the first public hearing of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
The House Oversight Committee hearing will kick off at 10 a.m.
Republicans say the inquiry will focus on whether Biden was involved in or benefitted from his family’s foreign business dealings, among other issues. So far, House Republicans have yet to release evidence that Biden profited from his son Hunter’s business deals or was improperly influenced by them.
The White House has blasted the impeachment inquiry as “extreme politics at its worst.”
Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern:
Sep 28, 9:07 AM EDT
Who are the witnesses?
Republicans have called three witnesses, one constitutional law scholar and two financial experts.
They are Bruce Dubinsky, a forensic accountant; Eileen O’Connor, a former assistant attorney general, United States Department of Justice Tax Division; and Jonathan Turley, a professor of law at George Washington University and a Fox News contributor.
Democrats will hear from Michael Gerhardt, a constitutional law professor at the University of North Carolina. Gerhardt served as special counsel to the presiding officer of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial.
Sep 28, 8:38 AM EDT
What polls say Americans think about the inquiry
Americans are divided on the GOP-led impeachment inquiry into Biden, a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll found.
Overall, 44% of Americans said that based on what they know, Congress should begin impeachment proceedings that could lead to Biden being removed from office while 47% said it should not.
Partisan views were apparent in the poll, with 74% of Republicans favoring impeachment proceedings and 83% of Democrats opposing them. Independents were split 46-45%.
Americans by 58-32% said the inquiry reflects Biden is being held accountable under the law like any president, rather than being unfairly victimized politically.
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