The first article alleges President Biden abused his power while he served as vice president from 2009 to 2017. Mr. Steube contends that then-Vice President Biden assisted his brother James Biden and son Hunter Biden in advancing their business interests by joining phone calls, meeting with his family members' business partners, "and knowingly allowing his family members to promise access to him and actions by him in furtherance of these schemes." Mr. Steube alleged this continued while President Biden was out of office, and that his family members "sold promised access to a future Biden Presidential Administration."
It comes after Hunter Biden's former business partner, Devon Archer, testified that President Biden indeed spoke on business calls and attended dinner meetings with his son's business partners and that Hunter Biden was presenting the "Biden Brand" to business partners.
Democratic lawmakers have contended Hunter Biden was not providing his business partners with meaningful access to his father, but only the "illusion of access."
The second impeachment article alleges members of the Biden campaign improperly colluded with Department of Justice officials to undermine tax crime investigations against Hunter Biden. IRS whistleblowers have indeed alleged they felt DOJ officials and other IRS officials had taken improper actions that showed "preferential treatment" to Hunter Biden.
The third impeachment article alleges James Biden defrauded investors by leading them to believe they'd have access to President Biden in a future presidential administration.
The same witness involved in Americore Health also claimed that when James Biden spoke with business partners, he would often claim that President Biden was in the room with him and that he had been explaining the business deal to President Biden. Mr. Steube alleged that President Biden was commingling his finances with other members of his family at around the time his brother was attracting investors to Americore Health and "likely financially benefited from this scheme."
The fourth and final impeachment article alleges President Biden is financially involved in Hunter Biden's illegal drug use and prostitution, because the father and son commingled their finances at a time when thousands of dollars went toward these illicit activities.
"In May 2018, Hunter Biden wired a prostitute $25,000," the article reads. "He received a text from an ex-Secret Service agent who he and his father had hired for private security asking about the transaction. The agent alerted Hunter that he was getting calls 'from DC' about the transaction and that there was 'a link' to his father's account."
Republicans Divided on Impeachment
In June, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) filed her own impeachment resolution against President Biden, alleging he has abused his power by "purposefully and knowingly releasing more than 2,000,000 illegal aliens into the interior of the United States without the intention or ability to ensure that they appear in immigration court to face asylum or deportation proceedings."The Republican Senate leader said "impeachment ought to be rare, rather than common," but added: "I'm not surprised that having been treated the way they were, House Republicans last Congress began to open up the possibility of doing it again. And I think this is not good for the country to have repeated impeachment problems."
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), on the other hand, has shown growing support for impeaching President Biden over allegations of influence peddling with his family. In a July 24 interview with Fox News, Mr. McCarthy praised Republican investigative efforts into the Biden family, stating, "We would know none of this if Republicans had not taken the majority."
"This is rising to the level of impeachment inquiry, which provides Congress with the strongest power to obtain the knowledge and information needed for oversight," Mr. McCarthy added.
Some Republicans are urging investigative efforts to continue before beginning the impeachment process.
Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-N.Y.), another swing-district Republican, told NBC News he felt the investigations have raised "serious questions of impropriety" and welcomed continued investigations.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), who represents a Democrat-leaning district, told NBC News that he feels the process of impeachment is becoming a vote of no confidence, adding, "I don’t want to see our country go down that path."
White House spokesman Ian Sams pushed back on Republicans' impeachment talk this week, accusing Mr. McCarthy of lying to advance such efforts.
"Instead of pursuing this shameless and baseless impeachment stunt, House Republicans and Speaker McCarthy should join the president to work on continuing to bring down inflation and lower costs, create jobs, and grow the economy," Mr. Sams said in a widely circulated press statement. "That is, after all, what the American people sent their leaders to Washington to do."
NTD News has contacted the White House for comment.