Speaker Johnson Announces House Will Take Impeachment Inquiry Authorization Vote, Seek To Have Hunter Biden Held in Contempt of Congress and Imprisoned If He Won’t Comply

The House has so far failed to authorize the inquiry because of reservations from moderate GOP members.

AP/J. Scott Applewhite
Speaker Johnson at the Capitol, November 14, 2023. AP/J. Scott Applewhite

Speaker Johnson has announced that the House will soon vote on an impeachment inquiry authorization as Republicans pave the way to have Hunter Biden held in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify behind closed doors before the Oversight Committee. GOP lawmakers hope that the real threat of jail time will induce the president’s son to comply with their subpoena, and similarly force the White House to cooperate. 

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