WASHINGTON ― House Republicans may soon pull the trigger on the ultimate weapon they can wield against President Joe Biden: impeachment. Then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and other Democratic leaders were initially hesitant to announce an impeachment inquiry, despite special counsel Robert Mueller all but asking them to. But the full House voted to authorize impeachment articles, on charges of abuse of power and obstructing a congressional investigation, just a few months after the impeachment inquiry began. While impeaching Biden might excite the party base, there’s no guarantee House Republicans would actually have the votes to pull it off. “And so I’m not surprised that having been treated the way they were, House Republicans... begin to open up the possibility of doing it again.

Source: Huffington Post August 09, 2023 09:05 UTC