United States – On Friday, the White House counsel’s office encouraged the leader of the Republicans, a member of the House of Representation, to put an end to the impeachment inquiry being held against President Joe Biden after eight months of investigation turned up nothing that the president had done wrong.
Letter Highlights
In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, Edward Siskel, the White House counsel, enumerated the testimonies of the president’s family members, their business associates, and other witnesses that cemented the “opposite of what House Republicans have claimed” regarding the unethical profiteering of Biden family members from the president’s business dealings.
He also quoted reports that showed some of the Republican legislators saying that the inquiry was no good and never found any impeachable offenses or any crimes.
In December, the House voted to formally clarify the procedure for inquiry into the allegations of presidential misconduct even though there was no such evidence of it. The Republicans claim that Biden exercised improper influence when he was vice president of Mr. Obama and interfered with proper procedures. Biden denies the allegations.
“I write to you today because it is clear the House Republican impeachment is over,” Siskel wrote. “The House Majority ought to work with the President on our economy, national security, and other important priorities on behalf of the American people, not continue to waste time on political stunts like this.”
In response, a Johnson representative said that the second sentence from Biden was a lie and that it wasn’t the White House that determined the outcome of the inquiry. “The White House does not get to decide how impeachment gets resolved, that is for Congress to decide,” Shah emailed.
Frustration Amid Political Contexts
The White House letter displays the frustration of administration officials regarding the Republican’s pursuit of a political stunt in the context of the Trump-Biden presidential race, as Trump is contesting the Democrat Biden this year.
“For over a year, House Republicans have been investigating President Biden in an effort to find something — anything — to hurt the President politically,” Siskel wrote. “Instead, the investigation has continually turned up evidence that, in fact, the President did nothing wrong.”
Political Implications and Timing
The time frame of the letter seems to indicate that the White House feels that Johnson is exposed, and next Thursday, when the opposition political player, Congressman Ken Buck, who has opposed the inquiry, is leaving office, the Democratic majority in the House will dip from 218-213.
The president and Johnson were set to meet later on Friday at a reception on Capitol Hill.