Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced on Tuesday his support for an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

In a press conference, McCarthy stated, “Today I am directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. This logical next step will give our committees the full power to gather all the facts and answers for the American public.”

McCarthy criticized Biden, accusing him of lying to the American people regarding his knowledge of his family’s foreign business dealings.

The impeachment inquiry will be led by Congressman James Comer from Kentucky, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, along with Congressman Jim Jordan from Ohio, the chair of the Judiciary Committee, and Congressman Jason Smith from Missouri, chair of the Ways and Means Committee.

However, Senate Republicans express doubt about the sufficiency of evidence for justifying an impeachment inquiry.

Back in January, the Republican-led House Oversight Committee initiated an investigation into allegations that Biden benefited financially from his son Hunter’s business activities while he was vice president.

In response to the GOP investigation, Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the oversight committee, dismissed it as “a complete and total bust” in a statement on Monday. Raskin stated, “The voluminous evidence they have gathered, including thousands of pages of bank records and suspicious activity reports and hours of testimony from witnesses, overwhelmingly demonstrates no wrongdoing by President Biden and further debunks Republicans’ conspiracy theories.”

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