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Washington:<\/strong> The House of Representatives has authorised the impeachment inquiry into US President Joe Biden, with every Republican rallying behind the politically charged process despite lingering concerns among some in the party that the investigation has yet to produce evidence of misconduct by the president.<\/p>\n

The 221-212 party-line vote put the entire House Republican conference on record in support of an impeachment process that can lead to the ultimate penalty for a president: punishment for what the US constitution describes as \u201chigh crimes and misdemeanours,\u201d which can lead to removal from office if convicted in a Senate trial.<\/p>\n

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The US House of Representatives has voted in favour of an impeachment inquiry in President Joe Biden.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>AP<\/cite><\/p>\n

Authorising the months-long inquiry ensures that the impeachment investigation extends well into 2024, when Biden will be running for reelection and seems likely to be squaring off against former president Donald Trump \u2013 who was twice impeached during his time in the White House.<\/p>\n

An impeachment inquiry is not the same as impeachment but it is a step in the process that could lead to it. Trump has pushed his GOP allies in Congress to move swiftly on impeaching Biden, part of his broader calls for vengeance and retribution against his political enemies.<\/p>\n

The decision to hold a vote on Thursday (AEDT) came as House Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team faced growing pressure to show progress in what has become a nearly yearlong probe centred around the business dealings of Biden\u2019s family members. While their investigation has raised ethical questions, no evidence has emerged that Biden acted corruptly or accepted bribes in his current role or previous office as vice president.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the vote, Johnson called it \u201cthe next necessary step\u201d and acknowledged there are \u201ca lot of people who are frustrated this hasn\u2019t moved faster\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a recent statement, the White House called the whole process a \u201cbaseless fishing expedition\u201d that Republicans are pushing ahead with \u201cdespite the fact that members of their own party have admitted there is no evidence to support impeaching president Biden\u201d.<\/p>\n

House Democrats rose in opposition to the inquiry resolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis whole thing is an extreme political stunt. It has no credibility, no legitimacy, and no integrity. It is a sideshow,\u201d Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern.<\/p>\n

Most of the Republicans reluctant to back the impeachment push have also been swayed by leadership\u2019s recent argument that authorising the inquiry will give them better legal standing as the White House has questioned the legal and constitutional basis for their requests for information.<\/p>\n

A letter last month from a top White House attorney to Republican committee leaders portrayed the GOP investigation as overzealous and illegitimate because the chamber had not yet authorised a formal impeachment inquiry by a vote of the full House. Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president, also wrote that when Trump faced the prospect of impeachment by a Democratic-led House in 2019, Johnson had said at the time that any inquiry without a House vote would be a \u201csham.\u201d<\/p>\n

Congressional investigators have obtained nearly 40,000 pages of subpoenaed bank records and dozens of hours of testimony from key witnesses, including several high-ranking Justice Department officials currently tasked with investigating the president\u2019s son, Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n

While Republicans say their inquiry is ultimately focused on the president himself, they have taken particular interest in Hunter Biden and his overseas business dealings, from which they accuse the president of personally benefiting. Republicans have also focused a large part of their investigation on whistleblower allegations of interference in the long-running Justice Department investigation into the younger Biden\u2019s taxes and his gun use.<\/p>\n

Hunter Biden is facing criminal charges in two states from the special counsel investigation. He\u2019s charged with firearm counts in Delaware, alleging he broke laws against drug users having guns in 2018, a period when he has acknowledged struggling with addiction. Special counsel David Weiss filed additional charges last week, alleging he failed to pay about $US1.4 million ($2.1 million) in taxes over a three-year period.<\/p>\n

Democrats have conceded that while the president\u2019s son is not perfect, he is a private citizen who is already being held accountable by the justice system.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, there\u2019s a lot of evidence that Hunter Biden did a lot of improper things. He\u2019s been indicted, he\u2019ll stand trial,\u201d Nadler said. \u201cThere\u2019s no evidence whatsoever that the president did anything improper.\u201d<\/p>\n

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