Biden's Impeachment Predicted by McCarthy

Is President Joe Biden dangerously close to facing impeachment?

U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy appeared on Hannity last night to discuss the alleged Biden bribery scandal, and he stated the investigation is “rising to the level of impeachment inquiry.”

As reported in the New York Post:

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday night said findings from ongoing GOP-led House committee investigations into the Biden family’s overseas business dealings are “rising to the level of impeachment inquiry.”

McCarthy (R-Calif.) made the announcement in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity hours after he was called on by some House Republicans to begin the process to impeach President Biden after The Post revealed a key witness saying first son Hunter Biden frequently put his father on the phone with foreign business associates.

“When Biden was running for office, he told the public he has never talked about business. He said his family has never received a dollar from China, which we prove is not true,” McCarthy told Hannity.

“We’ve only followed where the information has taken us. But Hannity, this is rising to the level of impeachment inquiry, which provides Congress the strongest power to get the rest of the knowledge and information needed,” McCarthy said.

During the interview, McCarthy cited the allegations by two IRS whistleblowers that the Justice Department interfered in a five-year investigation into Hunter’s potential tax crimes.

Now it’s fair to say there aren’t many attorneys, or broadcasters for that matter, who have as much experience with presidential impeachments as I do. That’s why U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy’s latest comments are of particular interest to me. But also keep in mind, an impeachment inquiry is just the beginning stage of the impeachment process. It’s not the same as articles of impeachment against the President being drafted. There is still a very long road from here to actual impeachment proceedings. Impeachment is a very serious business and cannot be taken lightly.

That said, as someone who was directly involved in an impeachment trial against a sitting U.S. President, I can also tell you that the bar for impeachment seems to have been greatly lowered in recent years.

As our ACLJ Senior Counsel Andy Economou, who also worked on the defense team for former President Donald Trump, explained:

When you start using impeachment the way that it has been used, first by the Democrats in the case of President Trump, you lower the bar to what is an impeachable offense. An impeachable offense is supposed to be, under the Constitution, a high crime and misdemeanor. What is a high crime and misdemeanor? It is what the Congress, at any point in time in its history, defines as a high crime and misdemeanor. And that’s what the inquiry would be about – what the high crime and misdemeanor is.

And it is a political process, but it is a process that begins in the House with an investigation. Articles of impeachment are then drafted, and if those are passed, then they’re carried over to the Senate for the trial. In this case, that’s a long way off. Then you’ve got to get two-thirds of the majority of the Senators in concurrence. But impeachment is at base not as much a legal process . . . but a political process.

Now I’m not even saying that impeachment is the right vehicle in this instance, but I certainly understand why Republicans are giving it some serious thought. But the bigger issue is that the bar has been lowered, and by the Left, and that’s where it gets dangerous – as they’re now learning for themselves. The chickens the Left hatched in their pursuit of President Trump are now coming home to roost, so to speak. The problem is lowering that bar to chase your enemy, no matter which side you’re on, ultimately presents a very real danger to our constitutional republic.

Today’s full Sekulow broadcast includes more analysis of Speaker McCarthy’s words on Hannity last night and what impact it could have on the Biden Administration and President Biden’s campaign for re-election.

Watch the full broadcast below: