House Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden faced a setback this week as the CIA informed them that an allegation they had pushed was false. This incident highlights a pattern of House Republicans relying on questionable information to support their claims.
Despite lacking evidence and sufficient votes to proceed with impeachment, there is no clear consensus among Republicans on how or when to conclude the impeachment inquiry. This latest development follows the Department of Justice charging a former FBI informant with lying about the president and his son Hunter Biden’s involvement in business dealings, undermining a key aspect of the Republicans’ impeachment inquiry.
House Oversight Chair James Comer and House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan had accused the CIA in a letter last month of obstructing the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden by preventing IRS and DOJ investigators from interviewing a witness, based on information allegedly provided by a whistleblower.
However, the CIA refuted this claim in a letter addressed to Jordan and Comer, stating that they did not prevent or seek to prevent IRS or DOJ from conducting any interviews. House Republicans have pushed back against this refutation, maintaining that their allegation is not false.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, criticized Republicans for not sharing the evidence behind their accusation with the CIA and called for transparency in the process.
The witness in question, Kevin Morris, who serves as Hunter Biden’s lawyer, has previously testified that he cooperated with the criminal investigation by providing documents and speaking with investigators.
