Impeachment Inquiry on the Ropes as Moderates Go Silent and Hunter Biden Gets Defiant

The first son could end up in court for his lack of compliance with congressional Republicans’ subpoenas.

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House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, flanked by Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik and Speaker Johnson talks with reporters about efforts to investigate President Biden and his son Hunter Biden, at the Capitol last week. AP/J. Scott Applewhite

The effort by House Republicans to impeach President Biden hangs by a thread after GOP members have not publicly committed to backing the effort and Hunter Biden deploys his aggressive public relations battle. The House is expected to take up an official impeachment inquiry authorization bill in the coming days. 

One retiring member of the Freedom Caucus, Congressman Ken Buck, said Monday that he will not vote to authorize the impeachment inquiry. If he holds firm, that means Speaker Johnson can only afford to lose two other GOP members if he wants the resolution to pass. Most of the 17 Republican lawmakers who represent districts won by Mr. Biden in 2020 have not yet commented on moving the impeachment process forward. 

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