Republicans in the House of Representatives are pushing to formalize their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and his family, which would allow for the investigations to go further.
House Speaker Mike Johnson shared on Saturday with Fox News that he now thinks the party has the votes needed to push the inquiry forward.
“I believe we will,” Johnson said. “I suspect no Democrats will assist in this effort, but they should.”
Johnson continued saying Congress had “a duty to do this” and that they “cannot stop the process.”
Up until now, members of the GOP in the House haven’t had the votes needed to legitimize their inquiry, which was launched by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Without a formal vote, investigations have all but stalled.
Last month, the White House responded to the push for an impeachment inquiry into the president, saying Congress lacked constitutional legitimacy without a formal vote, something McCarthy bypassed in September.
Members of the House Oversight Committee have continued to push for the formal vote in recent weeks so they can begin interviewing members of the Biden family.
Last month, the president’s son, Hunter Biden, told Congress he would testify before the committee, though he said it had to be done publicly instead of a private deposition.
However, with the formal vote looming, it could only be time before the president’s son responds to the subpoena, which some have said he already should have.
“The only correct response to a subpoena is a deposition,” House GOP conference chair Elise Stefanik said while appearing with Johnson on Fox News.
If that is the case, Johnson said on Saturday that the inquiry would proceed on even ground and not be used as a political tool.
“Elise and I both served on the impeachment defense team of Donald Trump twice, when the Democrats used it for brazen partisan political purposes. We decried that use of it. This is very different,” Johnson claimed.
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