Yesterday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appeared on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo.
During the interview, Bartiromo played a clip of Republican Congressman Greg Murphy saying that Biden has committed impeachable offenses but members of Congress are reluctant to impeach Biden because the next in line of power is Kamala Harris in whom few have confidence.
When Bartiromo followed up asking McCarthy if he was considering moving forward with impeachment (if they win a majority in the House during the mid-terms).
McCarthy responded as follows:
"Look the one thing we learned that the Democrats did, is they used impeachment for political reason. We believe in the rule of law. We're not going to pick and choose just because somebody has power," McCarthy said, adding that "at any time if someone breaks the law" impeachment may be considered "but we're not going to use it for political purposes."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggViSQID_8o
GOP House Members such as Reps. Madison Cawthorn , Marjorie Taylor Greene , and others also called for Biden’s impeachment.
It has to be remembered that the Democrats impeached President Donald Trump on two occasions without evidence or reason.
The first impeachment in 2019 was over baseless claims that Trump withheld aid to Ukraine for political gain . Here the votes were strictly on party lines. The second impeachment was in 2021 on claims he provoked an ‘insurrection .' On this occasion 10 House Republicans sided with Democrats and voted to impeach President Trump.
The Democrats amped up their vicious anti-Trump campaign the day he won the Presidential elections in November 2016. They weaponized various government agencies in order to force Trump out of office. What was disappointing was that this occurred at a time when Republicans controlled the House, the Senate, and the White House i.e., the GOP controlled Washington. Yet the GOP was relegated to helpless spectators as Democrats concocted the Russian collusion conspiracy, hysterically beating the drums to amplify it such that it caused the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
A conspiracy theory that should have been restricted to the dark web, was mainstreamed and weaponized.
The goal behind the Special Counsel probe, the two impeachments, and myriad other (still ongoing) investigations was and is to tarnish Trump. The Democrats knew that they couldn't tarnish President Trump's stellar record of peace all over the world and prosperity within the US, hence they fabricated scandals.
The impact of their actions will never be entirely known i.e., it is impossible to know how many voters either chose to abstain from voting or chose to vote against Trump because these various manufactured controversies amplified by the media managed to obscure Trump's achievements.
It is quite natural for Republican voters to want revenge against the Democrats for what they did to President Trump. McCarthy’s statements about not wanting to lead a partisan politically motivated impeachment of Biden will obviously be a cause for concern among voters.
Is the Lindsey Grahamization of McCarthy? Is the GOP once again surrendering even before the battle begins or is there more to this?
The celebrated Chinese a Chinese general, military strategist, writer, and philosopher Sun Tzu, who taught “The Art of War” in 500 B.C. wrote:
The general who is skilled in defense hides in the most secret recesses of the earth; he who is skilled in attack flashes forth from the topmost heights of heaven. Thus on the one hand we have the ability to protect ourselves; on the other, a victory that is complete.
It is unwise to make full disclosure of strategy and motives before the war has begun. This especially applies when one is not in a position of power.
By stating that he believes in the rule of law and that they are not going to abuse their power, McCarthy was actually practicing discretion which is better than a blatant display of braggadocio.
If McCarthy has stated that Biden has already committed myriad impeachable offenses such as leaving the border open, hastily withdrawing from Afghanistan, ruining the economy, or misusing his office for his son to profit, it certainly would have made great TV and headlines in Democrat-run papers. But there would be absolutely no change in Washington.
Hence it is wise to remain tightlipped till January 2023 and only act after they are in power.
The number of members in the House Freedom Caucus is likely to increase in January 2023. They can function as a pressure group to nudge the GOP in the right direction should they falter.
It, therefore, makes sense to be cautiously optimistic about Kevin McCarthy’s utterances and not be demotivated to vote Republican in November.
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This was a family operation: Jim Jordan
11 Times Joe Biden Was Involved in Family’s Corrupt Business Dealings Alex Wong/Getty Images 8:26
President Joe Biden has brazenly claimed over and over again to have no knowledge of his family’s corrupt business dealings for which his son Hunter is under investigation by the FBI for tax fraud, money laundering, and the violation of lobbying laws.
The White House has also insisted Biden never spoke to Hunter about his intertwined business dealings, though evidence of the Biden family business suggests otherwise.
According to former Utah U.S. attorney Brett Tolman, the Biden family business may reveal the core of an entrenched business enterprise, which could involve legal “predicates” for racketeering charges.
Here are 11 times Joe Biden played a role in the Biden family business over six years:
One:
In 2013, Hunter traveled to China with his father aboard Air Force Two. Before the trip ended, Hunter introduced Joe Biden to his Chinese business partner. Just ten days later, China issued Hunter’s firm a business license and the firm won a contract worth $1 billion. The New York Post reported:
Ten days later, Hunter’s company inked a deal with the state-owned Bank of China and created the $1 billion investment fund called Bohai Harvest RST (BHR), according to reporting by Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and the best-selling author of “Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends.”
A representative for BHR told The New Yorker in July 2019 that Hunter Biden introduced his father to Chinese private equity executive Jonathan Li during the trip. Li later became the CEO of BHR.
Two:
In 2014, photos show Joe Biden meeting with Hunter’s Mexican business associates, billionaire Miguel Alemán Velasco and his son Miguel Aleman Magnani, in the vice president’s office.
Three:
In 2014, a photo shows Joe Biden golfing with his son Hunter and Devon Archer, Hunter’s fellow board member for Ukrainian gas company Burisma. Archer is now in prison for fraud. Reuters reported:
The photograph was first released by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight in September 2019 here . In the article, Fox News explains that the photograph shows Joe and Hunter Biden in the Hamptons with Devon Archer, a business associate of Hunter Biden who served on the board of Burisma with him after they both joined in April 2014.
The photograph was taken in August 2014, a source close to Archer told Fox News. The photograph includes a fourth man who has not been identified. However, he is not Burisma’s top executive Taras Burdeinyi or founder Mykola Zlochevsky. Photographs of both men can be seen here and here .
Archer, who Politico reported was convicted of fraud ( here ), joined the board of Burisma with Hunter Biden in April 2014 ( here ). Archer left the board of Burisma after initially being charged in this scheme ( here here ) and Hunter announced his departure in 2019 ( here ).
Four:
In 2015, Hunter brought Joe Biden to dinner with his business associates from Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan. Joe Biden was vice president at the time. The New York Post reported:
A photo shows Joe Biden with a pair of his troubled son’s business associates from Kazakhstan in what appears to be the same Washington, DC, power-dining spot where Hunter Biden introduced the future president to his overseas cronies.
Online photos of the interior of Cafe Milano match the background of the shot that shows the Bidens smiling while flanked by Kazakhstani oligarch Kenes Rakishev and Karim Massimov, a former prime minister of Kazakhstan.
Five:
The day after Joe Biden dined with Hunter’s foreign business partners, one of them emailed Hunter his thanks for the “opportunity to meet your father.” The New York Post reported:
The never-before-revealed meeting is mentioned in a message of appreciation that Vadym Pozharskyi, an adviser to the board of Burisma, allegedly sent Hunter Biden on April 17, 2015, about a year after Hunter joined the Burisma board at a reported salary of up to $50,000 a month.
“Dear Hunter, thank you for inviting me to DC and giving an opportunity to meet your father and spent [sic] some time together. It’s realty [sic] an honor and pleasure,” the email reads.
An earlier email from May 2014 also shows Pozharskyi, reportedly Burisma’s No. 3 exec, asking Hunter for “advice on how you could use your influence” on the company’s behalf.
Six:
In 2016, Joe Biden brought Hunter aboard Air Force Two to Mexico, where Hunter met with his business associates from Mexico City. On the trip, Jeff Cooper, who ran a large litigation firm, SimmonsCooper, was also involved in the business meeting. The New York Post reported :
SimmonsCooper also put up $1 million in investment capital for Hunter and his uncle Jim Biden’s abortive attempt to run a hedge fund in 2009. When the venture ended, the Bidens returned the money.
Cooper joined the VP’s entourage on Air Force Two to Mexico in 2016, when he and Hunter were trying to negotiate an ill-fated petroleum deal with Aleman Magnani.
At 6 p.m. on Feb. 24, 2016, about an hour after “wheels up” from Joint Base Andrews on the five-hour flight to Mexico City, Hunter wrote a plaintive email to Aleman Magnani using Air Force Two’s secure, high-speed satellite communications channel. He blind-copied Cooper.
Seven:
In 2017, Joe Biden wrote a college recommendation letter for a child of Hunter’s Chinese business partner, Jonathan Li, with whom Joe Biden met in China. Fox News reported : In an email dated Jan. 3, 2017, and sent to Hunter Biden and his business associates Devon Archer and Jim Bulger, CEO of BHR Jonathan Li writes:
“Gentlmen[sic], please find the attached resume of my son, Chris Li. He is applying the following colleges for this year,” Li writes, listing Brown University, Cornell University, and New York University.
Li goes on to attach an “updated version” of his son’s “CV” in a subsequent email.
Eight:
In 2017, Hunter described Joe Biden as one of his “new office mates,” though the White House denies it. But Hunter had a key made for his new office mate. The Washington Post reported :
On Sept. 21, 2017, Hunter Biden wrote to a building manager requesting new office signage to reflect a new family enterprise and a new business relationship: “The Biden Foundation and Hudson West (CEFC-US),” he wrote in emails to the property manager.
He also requested keys for his new office mates: his father, Joe; his mother, Jill; his uncle James; and the Chinese executive, Gongwen Dong.
As part of the request, he provided what he said was his father’s cellphone number, saying an office representative could use it to contact his new office mates.
Nine:
In 2017, Tony Bobulinski, Hunter’s former business partner, twice met with Joe Biden to discuss a business deal with China. “I directly dealt with the Biden family, including Joe Biden,” he said .
Ten:
After Tony Bobulinski met with Joe Biden, brother Jim Biden, and Hunter to discuss their deal in China, Bobulinski messaged Jim, telling him to “thank Joe for his time.”
Eleven:
In 2019, Hunter revealed in texts the Biden family’s payout vehicle. The detailed mechanism indicates a collection of 50 percent of familial salaries for 30 years.
“I hope you all can do what I did and pay for everything for this entire family for 30 years,” Hunter described in texts to his daughter. “It’s really hard. But don’t worry, unlike Pop [Joe], I won’t make you give me half your salary.”
The reported texts do not reveal when the 30 years began or ended and whether Joe Biden is still a part of the payment scheme as president.
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