The White House chief appeared incredulous at the motives behind President Kevin McCarthy’s directive Tuesday to House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry against him, linking the investigation into possible irregularities to the imminent government funding deadline of September 30 and the impending government shutdown. The New York Post reports. “Well, I’ll tell you what, I don’t know why, but they just knew they wanted to impeach me,” Biden said at a campaign reception in McLean, Virginia, on Wednesday, according to multiple sources. “Now I can say with certainty that they want to remove me because they want to close the government,” the US president added.
Biden noted that Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene wanted to impeach him on the first day of his presidency. “Everyone always asked about the impeachment. I wake up every day without thinking about the impeachment, I have a job. I have to deal every day with issues that affect the American people,” Biden added, before moving on to other topics.
As a reminder, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday announced a formal impeachment inquiry, saying at a news conference that House Republicans “have uncovered serious and credible allegations about President Biden’s conduct.” . He listed charges of “abuse of power, obstruction and corruption” brought against Biden by several Republican-led committees that were investigating the foreign business dealings of the president and his family.
