Hello from CNN, I'm Afomadikay, with the five things you need to know for Thursday, September 28th.

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee has uncovered a mountain of evidence revealing how Joe Biden abused

his public office for his family's financial gain. That's how Republican

Congressman James Comer, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, started the panel's first hearing in the impeachment

inquiry of President Joe Biden.

For months, Republicans have tried to tie the President to his son Hunter Biden's foreign business

dealings, but so far they haven't put forward any concrete evidence

to back up their allegations.

And one of the witnesses they called to testify today,

like Forensic accountant Bruce Devinsky,

says there's not enough evidence yet to support articles of impeachment. Forensic opinion more information needs to be gathered and assessed before I would make such an

assessment. The GOP witnesses aren't fact witnesses which means they don't have

firsthand knowledge of Hunter Biden's overseas deals or his father's potential

involvement.

The top Democrat on the committee, Congressman Jamie Raskin, criticized his Republican colleagues

for moving forward with an impeachment inquiry, even asked the deadline to keep the government funded is days away.

Directly or indirectly, this impeachment inquiry was a result of President Trump's pressure.

The majority sits completely empty-handed with no evidence of any

presidential wrongdoing, no smoking gun, no gun, no smoke.

With the government shutdown looming, House Republicans are planning to vote on a

series of spending bills later tonight. If some or all of the bills fail, it could

provoke another chaotic scene on the House floor.

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