The Democrat-controlled <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> voted on Wednesday to quash a pair of <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Articles-of-Impeachment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">articles of impeachment</a> against Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a>, ending a months-long effort by Republicans to hold the Cabinet official accountable for his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-shatters-record-with-historic-number-of-illegal-aliens-encountered-in-december" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handling of</a> the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border crisis</a> before a full trial could be held.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> impeachment managers tasked with prosecuting the case did not even get a chance to speak when <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Le9FYWgrqg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the proceedings</a> wrapped up in one afternoon. Senators were sworn in as jurors, fought over how to conduct the trial for a couple of hours, and ultimately voted 51-48 to nix one article of impeachment and 51-49 to crush the second.
The impeachment charges accused Mayorkas &#8220;willfully and systemically&#8221; refusing to comply with federal immigration laws and alleged he &#8220;breached the public trust&#8221; with false statements and obstructing lawful oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Back in January, Mayorkas <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeKhalilTV/status/1752349544925294720" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> he was facing &#8220;false accusations&#8221; that &#8220;do not rattle me and do not divert me from the law enforcement and broader public service mission to which I have devoted most of my career and to which I remain devoted.”
One week after a failed attempt to advance the articles, the GOP-led House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-impeaches-mayorkas-in-second-attempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> the impeachment resolution by a 214-213 vote in mid-February, making Mayorkas the first Cabinet secretary to be impeached since 1876. Three Republican lawmakers broke ranks and joined Democrats in opposing it.
On Tuesday, the GOP-led House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-sends-articles-of-impeachment-against-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-to-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transferred</a> the articles to the Senate and the lead impeachment manager, House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN), read aloud the articles in the Senate chamber.
Republicans pushed for a full trial to take place. Were that to happen, a two-thirds vote would have eventually been required for a conviction that would remove Mayorkas from office.
&#8220;If the Senate fails to hold a trial, it is an endorsement of [President Joe] Biden’s border catastrophe,&#8221; Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-sends-articles-of-impeachment-against-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-to-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> in a post to X before the proceedings began on Wednesday. House Democrats <a href="https://twitter.com/HouseJudiciary/status/1780634428970094674" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> &#8220;policy disagreements are not a legitimate basis for impeachment.&#8221;
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During the trial, presided over by Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray (D-WA), Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled a <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1780661212172181610" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan</a> allowing for limited debate followed by motions to dismiss, but that strategy was quickly abandoned when Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1780669344357200338" target="_blank" rel="noopener">objected</a>.
Schumer then moved to effectively discard each of the articles on the view that they were unconstitutional because they failed to rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. He used a <a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/research-tools/glossary.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">point of order</a>, which the Senate glossary says is a &#8220;claim made by a senator or representative from the floor that a rule of the Chamber is being violated,&#8221; that led to a vote to kill each article of impeachment.
Republicans sought to prolong the proceedings after Schumer made each point of order, offering an assortment of motions that included moving to a closed session and <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/status/1780686389538893890" target="_blank" rel="noopener">adjourning</a> the court of impeachment for weeks or months, but each one got voted down.
&#8220;Our colleagues know that we are obligated to take these proceedings seriously,&#8221; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1780675855909314915" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> before introducing one of the motions. He added, &#8220;This process must not be abused. It must not be short-circuited. History will not judge this moment well.&#8221;
After both points of order prevailed in rejecting the articles of impeachment, Schumer teed up a vote to dismiss the trial. It succeeded by a 51-49 vote.
The Senate <a href="https://www.senate.gov/history/partydiv.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">currently has</a> 49 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and three independents who caucus with the Democrats. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) was the sole Republican to vote &#8220;present&#8221; on the point of order that squelched the first article of impeachment, but she voted with her fellow Republicans to preserve the second one.
Whereas McConnell <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1780697623965716980" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> after the trial that lawmakers &#8220;set a very unfortunate precedent here,&#8221; Schumer <a href="https://twitter.com/Jvguzm/status/1780707712831262830" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> that using impeachment to replace &#8220;policy disagreements&#8221; would set a &#8220;dangerous precedent.&#8221; A White House spokesman released a statement that <a href="https://twitter.com/AliBradleyTV/status/1780699835756364010" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the Senate &#8220;rightly voted down&#8221; the impeachment effort.

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

Senate Kills Mayorkas Impeachment Articles Without Full Trial

Alejandro Mayorkas

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Border Crisis

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U.S. Senate

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slammed Senate Democrats this week as impeachment proceedings for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have begun in Congress&#8217; upper chamber.
Cruz made the remarks during the most recent episode of his &#8220;Verdict&#8221; podcast with co-host Ben Ferguson.
“Democrats [are] willing to throw the Constitution in the trash in order to avoid any national attention on the disaster that is playing out on our southern border,” Cruz said in speaking about the millions of illegal aliens that have come into the U.S. under President Joe Biden.
Cruz said that he believes that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is going to try to cover up the border crisis by trying to avoid having a trial in the Senate because &#8220;he doesn&#8217;t want the House managers to present any evidence.&#8221;
&#8220;Schumer and the Democrats are terrified of the evidence of the suffering of the people who&#8217;ve died, of the people of the children who&#8217;ve been sexually assaulted, of the women who&#8217;ve been sexually assaulted, of the fentanyl deaths and the drug overdose deaths,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;He doesn&#8217;t want that evidence put before the American people.”
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Cruz continued, “Why does Chuck Schumer want to avoid a trial? Because he&#8217;s desperate to protect the Democrat senators on the ballot from the consequences from the deaths and suffering and people who are suffering misery, because of their open border politics and policies, which they intend to continue, and Schumer, this is all about political camouflage.”
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Schumer is trying to avoid holding a trial for Alejandro Mayorkas&#39;s impeachment.
Democrats are desperately trying to cover up the evidence about the lawless Biden Border Crisis.
The media won&#39;t present the evidence. Get the facts on Verdict 👇<a href="https://t.co/7uqrSi7VEI">https://t.co/7uqrSi7VEI</a> <a href="https://t.co/sHhTD6cA1z">pic.twitter.com/sHhTD6cA1z</a>
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Cruz: Democrats ‘Willing To Throw The Constitution In The Trash’ To Defend DHS Secretary Mayorkas

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Verdict with Ted Cruz

On Tuesday, the GOP-led House transmitted <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Articles-of-Impeachment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment charges</a> against Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> over his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-shatters-record-with-historic-number-of-illegal-aliens-encountered-in-december" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handling of</a> the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border crisis</a> to the Democrat-controlled Senate.
The <a href="https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1780305971476156500" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House managers</a> tasked with prosecuting the case were introduced in the Senate chamber and Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN), who is the lead manager, read aloud the text of the impeachment resolution.
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A trial is expected to begin Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET with senators sworn in as jurors. Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray (D-WA) has been selected to preside over the proceedings.
GOP lawmakers are concerned that Democrats, who have long called the impeachment inquiry <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-committee-picks-date-to-consider-mayorkas-impeachment-articles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a &#8220;political stunt,&#8221;</a> will try to cut short the process before a vote on whether to convict or acquit Mayorkas.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has so far not said whether there will be an effort to table or dismiss the impeachment charges.
Last week, after the House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-delays-mayorkas-impeachment-handoff-to-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delayed</a> the delivery of the articles, Schumer <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1778093790227546266" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the Senate is &#8220;ready to go whenever the House is. We want to address this issue as expeditiously as possible.&#8221; The top Democrat also said impeachment &#8220;should never be used to settle policy disagreements. That sets an awful precedent.&#8221;
House Republicans are &#8220;demanding&#8221; a full trial, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1780238173773111701" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X on Tuesday, adding that Mayorkas is the &#8220;worst&#8221; Cabinet secretary in U.S. history.
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Forty-three GOP senators <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/40-gop-senators-demand-mayorkas-impeachment-trial-schumer-letter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed onto a letter</a> sent to Schumer that called on the Senate to &#8220;uphold its constitutional responsibility to properly adjudicate&#8221; the impeachment articles. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1780257492078911725" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he would &#8220;strenuously oppose any effort&#8221; to table the charges, noting the upper chamber has never agreed to do so in the past.
After months of investigation, the House narrowly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-impeaches-mayorkas-in-second-attempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> two impeachment articles in February. They accuse Mayorkas of &#8220;willfully and systemically&#8221; refusing to comply with federal immigration laws and allege he &#8220;breached the public trust&#8221; with false statements and obstructing lawful oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Mayorkas has <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeKhalilTV/status/1752349544925294720" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed back against</a> what he called &#8220;false accusations&#8221; levied against him. A DHS spokesperson reacted to the successful House impeachment vote by <a href="https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1757562709107761523" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;House Republicans will be remembered by history for trampling on the Constitution for political gain rather than working to solve the serious challenges at our border.&#8221;
If a full trial does get held, a <a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two-thirds vote</a> will be required for a conviction, which would lead to removal from office. That appears unlikely, however, particularly given not every Republican senator appears to favor the impeachment effort.
The Senate <a href="https://www.senate.gov/history/partydiv.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">currently has</a> 49 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and three independents who caucus with the Democrats.
One GOP defector could be Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/04/16/mayorkas-impeachment-dismiss-vote-mitt-romney?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=editorial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Axios</a> he does not &#8220;believe there&#8217;s a constitutional standard met.&#8221; Romney also said he would be &#8220;open&#8221; to tabling the impeachment articles if there is at least some debate on them.

House Sends Articles Of Impeachment Against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas To Senate

House Sends Mayorkas Impeachment Articles To Senate, Full Trial Remains In Doubt

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Mike Johnson

President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> informed the House on Monday that he was turning down an invitation to testify as part of a corruption-focused <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> inquiry.
His special counsel, Richard Sauber, conveyed the message to House Oversight Chairman <a href="https://twitter.com/jordainc/status/1780027645549260971" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) ahead of the proposed April 16 date for a hearing. The letter claimed the &#8220;impeachment investigation is over&#8221; and claimed the oversight panel has turned up evidence showing that Biden &#8220;has done nothing wrong.&#8221;
The House should &#8220;focus on the issues that matter to the American people rather than continuing to waste time and taxpayer resources on this partisan charade,&#8221; Sauber wrote, adding, &#8220;we decline your invitation for President Biden to testify.&#8221;
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Not mentioned in the letter was whether Biden answered a series of questions in which Comer asked Biden to respond in writing about whether he met or otherwise interacted with specific foreign business executives, as well as details on the context of the contacts. But a release from the House Oversight Committee said Biden refused to answer the questions.
&#8220;The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree in the Biden family. Like his son, Hunter Biden, President Biden is refusing to testify in public about the Bidens’ corrupt influence peddling. This comes as no surprise since President Biden continues to lie about his relationships with his son’s business partners, even denying they exist when his son said under oath during a deposition that they did,&#8221; Comer said in a statement.
&#8220;It is unfortunate President Biden is unwilling to answer questions before the American people and refuses to answer the very simple, straightforward questions we included in the invitation,&#8221; Comer added. &#8220;Why is it so difficult for the White House to answer those questions? The American people deserve transparency from President Biden, not more lies.&#8221;
Comer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-formally-invited-to-testify-for-impeachment-inquiry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent</a> his formal invitation to Biden in late March. He offered April 16 as a date for a hearing and noted that his panel was &#8220;open to accommodating&#8221; the president&#8217;s schedule.
House investigators accounted for $24 million that &#8220;flowed&#8221; toward Biden, his family, and their business associates from other countries such as China and Ukraine, Comer said. He asserted his panel &#8220;identified no legitimate services to merit such lucrative payments.&#8221;
Evidence including bank records and witness testimony &#8220;wholly contradicts&#8221; Biden&#8217;s denial about being involved in his family&#8217;s business activities,&#8221; Comer said. The chairman accused the White House of taking a &#8220;position hostile&#8221; to his panel&#8217;s investigation and &#8220;refuses to release certain information or make available witnesses to testify regarding issues.&#8221;
&#8220;In light of the yawning gap between your public statements and the evidence assembled by the Committee, as well as the White House’s obstruction, it is in the best interest of the American people for you to answer questions from Members of Congress directly, and I hereby invite you to do so,&#8221; Comer said.
The invitation came a little more than a week after a pair of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/impeachment-witness-tony-bobulinski-claims-hunter-and-james-biden-perjured-themselves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former Biden family associates</a>, Tony Bobulinski and Jason Galanis, testified in a public hearing that Biden <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/witnesses-confirm-joe-bidens-involvement-in-his-familys-influence-peddling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did participate</a> in his family&#8217;s business dealings. The president&#8217;s son, Hunter Biden, declined to attend after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-eyes-public-hearing-with-hunter-biden-to-address-discrepancies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">closed-door interview</a> in which he claimed his father was <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-testifies-house-oversight-judiciary-impeachment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not involved</a> in his deals.
&#8220;The public is left with two irreconcilable narratives,&#8221; Comer said. &#8220;The first — asserted by you — is that you did not engage in influence peddling in exchange for payments to your family. The second asserted by witnesses and a body of evidence &#8230; is that you were indeed involved in these pay-for-influence schemes and that you have been repeatedly untruthful regarding a matter relevant to national security and your own fitness to serve&#8221; as president.
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When Comer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-impeachment-president-to-get-invite-for-testimony-gop-chairman-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that he planned to invite President Biden to testify, Oversight Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) asked Comer if he would also invite former President Donald Trump to talk about his alleged emoluments violations and claimed there is no evidence of the elder Biden committing high crimes and misdemeanors.
While it remains unclear whether the Republicans will ultimately introduce articles of impeachment, let alone have enough votes to pass them in the narrowly-divided House, Comer recently suggested there will be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-says-biden-impeachment-inquiry-will-lead-to-multiple-criminal-referrals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal referrals</a> that come out of the inquiry.
The president&#8217;s brother, James Biden, is among the witnesses to provide testimony for the impeachment inquiry. He also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/james-biden-claims-president-was-not-involved-in-family-business-dealings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> President Biden was involved in his business affairs. Some former associates, including Bobulinski and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/intimidated-biden-brand-helped-ukrainian-company-survive-hunters-ex-associate-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Devon Archer</a>, have insisted there were interactions in which President Biden was the <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/blog/key-excerpts-from-tony-bobulinskis-transcribed-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;brand&#8221;</a> that was sold by his family.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1779965193692344472" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Monday that he has just signed articles of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-delays-mayorkas-impeachment-handoff-to-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the border crisis, and he said they would be transferred to the Senate on Tuesday.

President Joe Biden

Biden Declines Invite To Testify For Impeachment Inquiry

Joe Biden

The GOP-led House has opted to delay sending <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Articles-of-Impeachment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment articles</a> against Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> over his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-shatters-record-with-historic-number-of-illegal-aliens-encountered-in-december" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handling of</a> the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border crisis</a> to the Democrat-controlled Senate next week.
Instead of conducting the handoff on Wednesday — which was part of a plan announced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-picks-date-to-present-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-to-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two weeks ago</a> — the lower chamber will now wait until at least Monday, according to the office of Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA).
&#8220;To ensure the Senate has adequate time to perform its constitutional duty, the House will transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate next week,” Johnson spokesperson Taylor Haulsee said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1777788462206246958" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;There is no reason whatsoever for the Senate to abdicate its responsibility to hold an impeachment trial.&#8221;
House lawmakers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-impeaches-mayorkas-in-second-attempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> two impeachment articles in February that accuse Mayorkas of &#8220;willfully and systemically&#8221; refusing to comply with federal immigration laws, and the other alleged he &#8220;breached the public trust&#8221; with false statements and obstructing lawful oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Although roughly two months have passed, Senate Republicans asked Johnson to delay sending over the articles until at least Monday to give them more time, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1777786321311859008" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. His colleague, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), <a href="https://twitter.com/SenMikeLee/status/1777806413600883032" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he was grateful for Johnson&#8217;s &#8220;bold willingness&#8221; to delay the transfer.
&#8220;We don&#8217;t want this to come over on the eve of the moment when members might be operating under the influence of jet fume intoxication,&#8221; Lee said, suggesting that members would be eager to end the trial quickly. He added, &#8220;It&#8217;s much better for us to do this at the beginning of a legislative week than the end of one.&#8221;
There had been reporting that said Democrats <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/04/09/senate-democrats-dismiss-mayorkas-impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to dismiss the impeachment charges before a full trial could take place and senators had the opportunity to vote on whether to convict or acquit Mayorkas.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to try to resolve this issue as quickly as impossible. Impeachment should never be used to settle policy disagreements,&#8221; Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1777767286151012829" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters on Wednesday. His office previously said senators would be sworn in as jurors a day after the House impeachment managers present their articles to the Senate and Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray (D-WA) would preside.
A <a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two-thirds vote</a> is required for a conviction, which would lead to removal from office. But the articles may not make it far with a motion to table, which, according to the Senate glossary, is &#8220;a proposal to set aside any pending question. Used to dispose of a question the Chamber does not want to consider further. Agreement to the motion is equivalent to defeating the question tabled.&#8221;
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Democrats have criticized the impeachment proceedings <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-committee-picks-date-to-consider-mayorkas-impeachment-articles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as a &#8220;political stunt</a>,&#8221; while Mayorkas <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeKhalilTV/status/1752349544925294720" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed back against</a> what he called &#8220;false accusations&#8221; levied against him. A DHS spokesperson reacted to the successful House impeachment vote by <a href="https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1757562709107761523" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;House Republicans will be remembered by history for trampling on the Constitution for political gain rather than working to solve the serious challenges at our border.&#8221;
Not every GOP senator appears to favor the impeachment effort. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) declined to rule out supporting a motion to dismiss, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4582969-romney-mayorkas-impeachment-trial/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Hill</a>. He said Mayorkas has been following the Biden administration&#8217;s border policy, which he added has &#8220;a huge damaging effect on the country — but it’s not a high crime or misdemeanor.&#8221;

US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

House Delays Mayorkas Impeachment Handoff To Senate

A House Republican said on Sunday that committee lawyers do not believe the corruption-focused <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> inquiry against President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> has produced sufficient evidence to show a &#8220;specific&#8221; crime.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) spoke about the status of the inquiry during an interview on NBC News after Biden was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-formally-invited-to-testify-for-impeachment-inquiry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">formally invited</a> to testify before the House Oversight Committee, signaling that the probe is reaching a crescendo.
The House is narrowly controlled by Republicans, and leadership can only <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ken-buck-retiring-early-further-shrinking-gops-house-majority" target="_blank" rel="noopener">afford to lose one or two votes</a> if all Democrats oppose any articles of impeachment that may be introduced in the weeks and months to come.
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&quot;The lawyers in the committee I&#39;ve talked to say there&#39;s not a specific crime. And you need that for high crime or misdemeanor.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/eyoPHMnCXK">pic.twitter.com/eyoPHMnCXK</a>
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&#8220;You said, back in December, quote, &#8216;Once we realize there is not a high crime or misdemeanor, we should move on.&#8217; Has that moment come, in your view?&#8221; asked &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; moderator Kristen Welker.
&#8220;Well, right now, the lawyers in the committee that I talked to say there&#8217;s not a specific crime. And he&#8217;d need that for high crime or misdemeanor. Now, I think the investigation — it merited an investigation to put the facts out, let the public look at it, make a determination,&#8221; Bacon said.
&#8220;And I think it&#8217;s good to be transparent, especially — we&#8217;re in an election year, so let&#8217;s put the facts on the table,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But when I talked to the lawyers on the committee staff, they say, at this point, there is not a specific crime that&#8217;s been committed. And I think that&#8217;s important.&#8221;
Welker pressed the congressman again.
&#8220;Based on what you&#8217;re saying, is it time to drop it?&#8221; she asked.
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&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s time, right now. But I do think we&#8217;re probably nearing the conclusion of this investigation,&#8221; Bacon said.
&#8220;And I think it was important for the American people to see that, yes, there&#8217;s $24 million in foreign money that the family raised and all the hidden LLCs that the money was moved around in. But that is, in itself, not a high crime or misdemeanor,&#8221; he added.
It remains unclear whether the House Republicans will ultimately introduce articles of impeachment against Biden, let alone have enough votes to pass them, but that may not be the end of the story.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) recently suggested that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-says-biden-impeachment-inquiry-will-lead-to-multiple-criminal-referrals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal referrals</a> would come out of the inquiry.

House Republican Says Committee Lawyers Don’t See ‘Specific’ Crime In Biden Impeachment Inquiry

 House Republican Says Committee Lawyers Don't See 'Specific' Crime In Biden Impeachment Inquiry

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On Thursday, House Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) sent a formal invite to President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> to testify as part of a corruption-focused <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> inquiry on alleged influence peddling.
Comer said in a <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/03/2024-03-28-CJC-letter-to-JRB.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Biden his panel is proposing April 16 for a hearing to occur and noted that it is &#8220;open to accommodating&#8221; the president&#8217;s schedule. The chairman also posed a series of questions, asking Biden to respond in writing about whether he met or otherwise interacted with specific foreign business executives, as well as details on the context of the contacts.
House investigators accounted for $24 million that &#8220;flowed&#8221; toward Biden, his family, and their business associates from other countries such as China and Ukraine, but the committee has &#8220;identified no legitimate services to merit such lucrative payments,&#8221; Comer said.
Evidence including bank records and witness testimony &#8220;wholly contradicts&#8221; Biden&#8217;s denial about being involved in his family&#8217;s business activities,&#8221; Comer said. The chairman accused the White House of taking a &#8220;position hostile&#8221; to his panel&#8217;s investigation and &#8220;refuses to release certain information or make available witnesses to testify regarding issues&#8221; to the inquiry.
&#8220;In light of the yawning gap between your public statements and the evidence assembled by the Committee, as well as the White House’s obstruction, it is in the best interest of the American people for you to answer questions from Members of Congress directly, and I hereby invite you to do so,&#8221; Comer said.
The invitation comes a little more than a week after a pair of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/impeachment-witness-tony-bobulinski-claims-hunter-and-james-biden-perjured-themselves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former Biden family associates</a>, Tony Bobulinski and Jason Galanis, testified in a public hearing that Biden <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/witnesses-confirm-joe-bidens-involvement-in-his-familys-influence-peddling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did participate</a> in his family&#8217;s business dealings. The president&#8217;s son, Hunter Biden, declined to attend following a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-eyes-public-hearing-with-hunter-biden-to-address-discrepancies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">closed-door interview</a> last month in which he insisted his father was <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-testifies-house-oversight-judiciary-impeachment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not involved</a> in his deals.
&#8220;The public is left with two irreconcilable narratives,&#8221; Comer said. &#8220;The first — asserted by you — is that you did not engage in influence peddling in exchange for payments to your family. The second asserted by witnesses and a body of evidence &#8230; is that you were indeed involved in these pay-for-influence schemes and that you have been repeatedly untruthful regarding a matter relevant to national security and your own fitness to serve&#8221; as president.
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When Comer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-impeachment-president-to-get-invite-for-testimony-gop-chairman-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> at the end of last week&#8217;s hearing that he planned to invite President Biden to testify, Oversight Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) asked Comer if he would also invite former President Donald Trump to talk about his alleged emoluments violations and claimed there is no evidence of the elder Biden committing high crimes and misdemeanors.
The White House also offered a dismissive response. Spokesman Ian Sams issued a <a href="https://twitter.com/IanSams46/status/1770577655798091802" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to X that started with &#8220;LOL&#8221; and an emoji of a man doing a facepalm.
&#8220;Comer knows 20+ witnesses have testified that POTUS did nothing wrong. He knows that the hundreds of thousands of pages of records he’s received have refuted his false allegations,&#8221; Sams said. &#8220;This is a sad stunt at the end of a dead impeachment,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Call it a day, pal.&#8221;
While it remains unclear whether the House Republicans will ultimately introduce articles of impeachment against Biden, let alone have enough votes to pass them in the narrowly-divided House, Comer recently suggested there will be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-says-biden-impeachment-inquiry-will-lead-to-multiple-criminal-referrals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal referrals</a> that come out of the inquiry.
The president&#8217;s brother, James Biden, is among the other witnesses to provide testimony for the impeachment inquiry. He also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/james-biden-claims-president-was-not-involved-in-family-business-dealings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> President Biden was involved in his business affairs. Some former associates, including Bobulinski and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/intimidated-biden-brand-helped-ukrainian-company-survive-hunters-ex-associate-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Devon Archer</a>, have insisted there were interactions in which President Biden was the <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/blog/key-excerpts-from-tony-bobulinskis-transcribed-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;brand&#8221;</a> that was sold by his family.

Biden Formally Invited To Testify For Impeachment Inquiry

James Comer

The GOP-led House plans to send the <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Articles-of-Impeachment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment articles</a> against Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> over his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-shatters-record-with-historic-number-of-illegal-aliens-encountered-in-december" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handling of</a> the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border crisis</a> to the Senate next month.
Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) and the impeachment managers <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1773394272714195154">sent a letter</a> to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday saying they would present the articles on April 10.
&#8220;We urge you to schedule a trial of the matter expeditiously,&#8221; they wrote, adding later, &#8220;We call upon you to fulfill your constitutional obligation to hold this trial. The American people demand a secure border, an end to this crisis, and accountability for those responsible.&#8221;
Roughly six weeks ago, in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-impeaches-mayorkas-in-second-attempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second attempt</a>, House lawmakers narrowly passed two articles of impeachment that accuse Mayorkas of &#8220;willfully and systemically&#8221; refusing to comply with federal immigration laws, and the other alleged he &#8220;breached the public trust&#8221; with false statements and obstructing lawful oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Schumer&#8217;s office responded by <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1757570767376547950" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that House impeachment managers &#8220;will present the articles of impeachment to the Senate following the state work period,&#8221; suggesting that a trial <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/2024_schedule.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">could have</a> started as early as late February. The office added that senators &#8220;will be sworn in as jurors in the trial the next day,&#8221; and Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray (D-WA) will preside.
In the intervening weeks, Congress scrambled to pass two waves of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-passes-massive-spending-bill-in-middle-of-the-night" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spending legislation</a> to avert a government shutdown. House lawmakers also held a public hearing in the corruption-focused impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.
In a new statement following the House letter, Schumer&#8217;s office <a href="https://twitter.com/jordainc/status/1773397310304559368" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reiterated</a>, &#8220;As we have said previously, after the House impeachment managers present the articles of impeachment to the Senate, Senators will be sworn in as jurors in the trial the next day. Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray will preside.”
A <a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two-thirds vote</a> is required for a conviction in the Democrat-led Senate, which would lead to removal from office. But the articles may not make it far with a motion to table, which, according to the Senate glossary, is &#8220;a proposal to set aside any pending question. Used to dispose of a question the Chamber does not want to consider further. Agreement to the motion is equivalent to defeating the question tabled.&#8221;
Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-lee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Lee</a> (R-UT) and a dozen Republican colleagues <a href="https://twitter.com/SenMikeLee/status/1759946709151502612" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent a letter</a> to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in February <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-senators-warn-dems-may-dispense-with-mayorkas-impeachment-articles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stressing</a> that it is &#8220;imperative that the Senate Republican conference prepare to fully engage our Constitutional duty and hold a trial.&#8221;
Briefings by McConnell&#8217;s staff indicate Senate Democrats &#8220;intend to dispense with the articles of impeachment by simply tabling both individually,&#8221; the letter said. &#8220;This is an action rarely contemplated and never taken by the U.S. Senate in the history of our Republic.&#8221;
Lee and his colleagues ended the letter by calling on McConnell to &#8220;join us in our efforts to jettison this approach by Democrats to shirk their Constitutional duty, ensure that the Senate conducts a proper trial, and that every Senator, Republican and Democrat, adjudicate this matter when the Senate returns.&#8221;
McConnell later <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1762568469667602510" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters that he thought a full Senate trial &#8220;would be the best way to go forward.&#8221;
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Johnson and the 10 impeachment managers, including Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) and Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), warned: &#8220;To table articles of impeachment without ever hearing a single argument or reviewing a piece of evidence would be a violation of our constitutional order and an affront to the American people whom we all serve.&#8221;
Democrats have criticized the impeachment proceedings <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-committee-picks-date-to-consider-mayorkas-impeachment-articles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as a &#8220;political stunt</a>,&#8221; while Mayorkas <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeKhalilTV/status/1752349544925294720" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed back against</a> what he called &#8220;false accusations&#8221; levied against him. A DHS spokesperson reacted to the successful impeachment vote last month by <a href="https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1757562709107761523" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;House Republicans will be remembered by history for trampling on the Constitution for political gain rather than working to solve the serious challenges at our border.&#8221;

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

House Picks Date To Present Mayorkas Impeachment Articles To Senate

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) sparred with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) over her recent comment claiming that RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) was in itself &#8220;not a crime.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez made the initial statement during a Wednesday hearing before the House Oversight Committee regarding the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. She was attempting to argue the witness — former Hunter Biden business partner Tony Bobulinski — into a corner by challenging him to name what specific crimes under the RICO umbrella he believed had been committed.
Frustrated by his unwillingness to simply concede her point, Ocasio-Cortez insisted that RICO was a &#8220;CAT-E-GOR-Y&#8221; of crimes rather than a specific crime.
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AOC &#8211; &quot;RICO is not a crime.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/YcTusJAaP4">pic.twitter.com/YcTusJAaP4</a>
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And while some responded on X to say that Ocasio-Cortez was correct in her assessment, Cruz was not one of them.
&#8220;This is bizarre. RICO — the Racketeer Influenced &amp; Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961–1968—is most assuredly a crime. It often results in massive felony sentences. And yet @aoc — eager to defend Joe Biden — insists it’s not a crime,&#8221; Cruz posted.
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This is bizarre. RICO—the Racketeer Influenced &amp; Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961–1968—is most assuredly a crime. 
It often results in massive felony sentences. And yet <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@aoc</a>—eager to defend Joe Biden—insists it’s not a crime. <a href="https://t.co/5hxw4Jk4lv">https://t.co/5hxw4Jk4lv</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1770664035060510961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Ocasio-Cortez doubled down, however, lashing out at Cruz directly.
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&#8220;Wrong! RICO is a statute under which specific crimes may be considered — kidnapping, robbery, arson, etc. You need to name the crimes in order to substantiate RICO. So … since you’re the expert, what RICO crimes and evidence does House GOP have? Since they don’t seem to know,&#8221; she said.
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Wrong!
RICO is a statute under which specific crimes may be considered &#8211; kidnapping, robbery, arson, etc.
You need to name the crimes in order to substantiate RICO.
So… since you’re the expert, what RICO crimes and evidence does House GOP have? Since they don’t seem to know. <a href="https://t.co/FYVdK6Y2OO">https://t.co/FYVdK6Y2OO</a>
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1770841932354199656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Fox Business host David Asman shared a comment from the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office&#8217;s former Chief of the Financial Fraud Unit Sol Wisenberg, who said of Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s outburst, &#8220;If you’re going to bully a witness, at least you shouldn’t embarrass yourself by getting the law wrong.&#8221;
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Sol Wisenberg, who as frmr Chief of the Financial Fraud Unit in a U.S. Attorney&#39;s office knows juuuuust a bit more about the law than AOC, sets her straight about RICO: “If you’re going to bully a witness, at least you shouldn’t embarrass yourself by getting the law wrong.” <a href="https://t.co/p7MU62xSWo">pic.twitter.com/p7MU62xSWo</a>
&mdash; David Asman (@DavidAsmanfox) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidAsmanfox/status/1770809464368537804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;RICO is a crime Even #FaniWillis says so That&#8217;s why is (sic) has it&#8217;s (sic) own distinct code section under state and federal law #ricoisacrime,&#8221; Phil Holloway added.
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RICO is a crime
Even <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FaniWillis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FaniWillis</a> says so
That&#39;s why is has it&#39;s own distinct code section under state and federal law<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ricoisacrime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ricoisacrime</a> <a href="https://t.co/m3G3IpGCuf">pic.twitter.com/m3G3IpGCuf</a>
&mdash; Phil Holloway ✈️ (@PhilHollowayEsq) <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilHollowayEsq/status/1770886034865217698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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AOC Picks A Fight With Ted Cruz Over RICO Comments

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Donald Trump

Hunter Biden

House Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) said on Wednesday that he will invite President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> to testify as part of the impeachment inquiry on alleged corruption.
The announcement came at the tail-end of a public <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOQtyoqW-rg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hearing</a> that featured the testimony of some <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/impeachment-witness-tony-bobulinski-claims-hunter-and-james-biden-perjured-themselves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former Biden family associates</a> that the president&#8217;s son, Hunter Biden, declined to attend following a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-eyes-public-hearing-with-hunter-biden-to-address-discrepancies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">closed-door interview</a> last month.
Comer noted a &#8220;material discrepancy&#8221; among witnesses about whether Joe Biden was participating in his family&#8217;s &#8220;influence peddling schemes&#8221; and reasoned the president is the only one who can address them.
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🚨 Chairman Comer closes today’s impeachment inquiry hearing by saying he will invite President Biden to the Oversight Committee to provide his testimony. <a href="https://t.co/DkA2C4zvfm">pic.twitter.com/DkA2C4zvfm</a>
&mdash; Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1770577828276228579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;In the coming days, I will invite President Biden to the Oversight Committee to provide his testimony and explain why his family received tens of millions of dollars from foreign companies with his assistance,&#8221; Comer said.
&#8220;We need to hear it from the president himself and I assure the American people that they will be able to evaluate for themselves the president&#8217;s honesty and fitness for the office he now holds,&#8221; he added.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the ranking member of the Oversight Committee, <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1770572963193958825" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> by asking whether Comer would invite former President Donald Trump to talk about his alleged emoluments violations.
&#8220;You all have investigated Donald Trump for years and I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;ve read in the paper that there [are] a lot of investigations of Donald Trump,&#8221; Comer said. &#8220;No one has investigated Joe Biden.&#8221;
When Comer asked Raskin if he would help Republicans convince Joe Biden to give testimony for the impeachment inquiry, the Democrat insisted there have been no discrepancies.
Raskin claimed there is &#8220;no evidence&#8221; of Joe Biden committing high crimes and misdemeanors and pressed the chairman to share what charges may be levied against the president.
Comer declined to provide an answer as he went on to thank the witnesses and end the hearing.
The White House offered a dismissive response to Comer&#8217;s invitation. Spokesman Ian Sams issued a <a href="https://twitter.com/IanSams46/status/1770577655798091802" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to X that started with &#8220;LOL&#8221; and an emoji of a man doing a facepalm.
&#8220;Comer knows 20+ witnesses have testified that POTUS did nothing wrong. He knows that the hundreds of thousands of pages of records he’s received have refuted his false allegations,&#8221; Sams said.
&#8220;This is a sad stunt at the end of a dead impeachment,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Call it a day, pal.&#8221;

Biden Impeachment: President To Get Invite For Testimony, GOP Chairman Says

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/impeachment-witness-tony-bobulinski-claims-hunter-and-james-biden-perjured-themselves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tony Bobulinski</a>, a former business associate of the Biden family, got into a fiery exchange with Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) during an impeachment hearing on Wednesday.
Ocasio-Cortez — known as &#8220;AOC&#8221; for short — began her five minutes of speaking to the witnesses by asking Bobulinski a &#8220;simple&#8221; question: Was it his testimony that he personally witnessed President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> commit a crime?
Bobulinski said &#8220;yes,&#8221; after which the congresswoman pressed him to name the crime. &#8220;How much time do I have to go through it?&#8221; he quipped.
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Heated exchange between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Tony Bobulinski.
.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepAOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepAOC</a>: &quot;Did you witness the president commit a crime? Is it your testimony today.&quot;
Tony Bobulinski: &quot;Yes.&quot;
Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a>: &quot;What crime have you witnessed?&quot; 
Bobulinski: &quot;How much time do I have?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/vqZUBUN6kR">pic.twitter.com/vqZUBUN6kR</a>
&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1770505232834773413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It is simple, you name the crime,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez shot back. &#8220;Did you watch him steal something?&#8221; she added.
Bobulinski listed &#8220;corruption statutes, RICO and conspiracy, FARA &#8230;&#8221; before stopping as Ocasio-Cortez tried to interject by demanding that he offer &#8220;specific&#8221; crimes.
&#8220;You asked me to answer the question,&#8221; Bobulinski said. &#8220;I answered the question. RICO, you&#8217;re obviously not familiar with. Corruption statutes&#8230;&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez shot back, repeating, &#8220;Excuse me, sir!&#8221; She then singled out Bobulinski&#8217;s mention of RICO. &#8220;RICO is not a crime. It is a category,&#8221; she said.
RICO laws against racketeering were primarily used to go after organized crime organizations in decades past, but they have gotten renewed attention in recent months as former President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/08/15/trump-georgia-rico-act-racketeering" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faces a RICO case</a> in Georgia related to the 2020 election.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a category of crimes that you&#8217;re then charged under,&#8221; Bobulinski said. He suggested that there is a &#8220;long&#8221; list of statutes that would apply.
Still, Ocasio-Cortez kept pushing Bobulinski to name specific crimes.
&#8220;It&#8217;s funny, in this committee room — everyone&#8217;s not here — there&#8217;s over 18 lawyers that went to law school. I&#8217;ll leave it up to you guys to define the statute,&#8221; he said.
He was again interrupted by Ocasio-Cortez, who repeatedly exclaimed, &#8220;I reclaim my time!&#8221; while pointing an index finger into the air.
The congresswoman then used the remainder of her time to scold her GOP colleagues for proceeding with the impeachment inquiry that lacks &#8220;specific&#8221; charges of high crimes or misdemeanors against Biden.
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Republicans chastised Ocasio-Cortez — particularly over her assertion that RICO is not a crime — on social media.
The X account for the GOP-led House Oversight Committee, which held the hearing, posted a clip of her comments with an emoji of a person doing a facepalm.
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Rep. AOC asks Tony Bobulinski to list the crimes he witnessed Joe Biden commit.
Tony Bobulinski lists the crimes: corruption statutes, RICO, conspiracy, FARA.
AOC then says RICO is not a crime.🤦
(HINT: RICO is a federal law codified at 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68) <a href="https://t.co/HCNsSkgCjg">pic.twitter.com/HCNsSkgCjg</a>
&mdash; Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1770512950018572790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;(HINT: RICO is a federal law codified at 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68),&#8221; the post noted.
&#8220;Weekly meltdown by Rep. AOC,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/RepNancyMace/status/1770495824356573249" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC). &#8220;Someone needs to remind the Left, just because you are loud, does not mean you are right.&#8221;

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

AOC Clashes With Biden Impeachment Witness, Says ‘RICO Is Not A Crime’

AOC Clashes With Biden Impeachment Witness, Says 'RICO Is Not A Crime'

Two Democrat impeachment stars lashed out at former Hunter Biden business partner Tony Bobulinski during a Wednesday hearing, interrupting Bobulinski and complaining to the committee chair because he had accused them of lying.
Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who led the second impeachment against former President Donald Trump — and Dan Goldman (D-NY), who led the first — objected to Bobulinski&#8217;s opening statement, during which he called both of them liars.
Bobulinski – who also claimed during Wednesday&#8217;s hearing that Hunter Biden had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/impeachment-witness-tony-bobulinski-claims-hunter-and-james-biden-perjured-themselves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">perjured himself</a> during his own testimony before Congress — said that Reps. Goldman and Raskin had both lied to protect President Joe Biden and predicted that they would continue to do so after the hearing was over.
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House Oversight Committee hearing goes off the rails when Hunter Biden&#39;s former business partner Tony Bobulinski calls out Reps. Jamie Raskin and Dan Goldman for lying on behalf of the Biden Crime Family. <a href="https://t.co/Xny4VTbhVc">pic.twitter.com/Xny4VTbhVc</a>
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&#8220;The same people preaching this mantra know better. They continue to lie directly to the American people without hesitation and remorse,&#8221; Bobulinski began. &#8220;Reps. Dan Goldman and Jamie Raskin, both lawyers, and Mr. Goldman a former prosecutor with the SDNY in New York, will continue to lie today in this hearing and go straight to the media to tell more lies.&#8221;
&#8220;Hunter Biden&#8217;s defense attorney Abbe Lowell weaponizes letters to Congress to try to smear my name —&#8221; Bobulinski continued, but he was interrupted.
&#8220;Mr. Chairman,&#8221; Raskin cut in, but Bobulinski continued.
The former Biden associate referenced his personal history in the U.S. Navy, but paused when he saw committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) speaking to Raskin.
&#8220;Am I supposed to say it&#8217;s my time, Mr. Raskin?&#8221; Bobulinski asked, jabbing at the members who had interrupted him with the same line.
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Comer apologized for the interruption and told Bobulinski to carry on with his opening statement, but Raskin was not finished.
&#8220;Mr. Chairman, save his time, but he called members of this committee liars,&#8221; Raskin complained. &#8220;And I just want to know whether the order and decorum requirements of House Rule 11 apply to witnesses before the committee. Does it apply or does it not?&#8221;
Comer, after a brief conference off-mic, replied that there were rules of decorum for the committee members but no language he knew of that applied the same rules to witnesses. Raskin did not appear to be thrilled with the ruling, but did not interrupt again.
Goldman also responded to Bobulinski&#8217;s comments, saying, &#8220;We have a very important hearing here, and we don&#8217;t have time for stunts.&#8221;
Later in the hearing, Goldman got into another testy exchange with Bobulinski, asserting that he had been the one who wanted Joe Biden involved and claiming that Hunter Biden had dumped him as a business partner because of that.
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&quot;That&#39;s a blatant lie Mr. Goldman, you know better&quot; 
Tony Bobulinski calls out Rep. Goldman for trying to cover for the Biden crime family. <a href="https://t.co/FcFQ5wz9zZ">pic.twitter.com/FcFQ5wz9zZ</a>
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&#8220;That&#8217;s a blatant lie, Mr. Goldman, you know better,&#8221; Bobulinski shot back.

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