McCarthy calls for formal impeachment inquiry into Biden

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🗓️ 13 September 2023

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is calling on three committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden. McCarthy says “these are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption” and they “warrant further investigation.” House Republicans have yet to prove allegations the president directly profited off his son’s foreign business deals. Republican Rep. Kevin Buck and Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin both join AC360 to react to McCarthy’s decision. Plus, police say Danelo Cavalcante, the Pennsylvania prison escapee, is “armed and extremely dangerous” after he stole a .22-caliber rifle from a local homeowner, who fired several shots at the fugitive as he fled. CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller tells Anderson Cooper what law enforcement is doing to capture Cavalcante.

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0:00.0	Tonight on 360, after years of allegations, but precious little evidence, House Speaker
0:05.5	Kevin McCarthy launches an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, details on what happens
0:09.7	now.
0:10.7	Also the escape killer already dangerous, apparently desperate, and now he's armed.
0:15.2	Plus, our Gary Tuckman aboard a storm track or flight with the latest and where Hurricane
0:18.9	Lee is heading.
0:19.9	Good evening.
0:20.9	Thanks for joining us.
0:21.9	We begin tonight keeping him honest with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's decision to
0:24.9	launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
0:27.7	Here's what McCarthy told Breitbart News just a couple of weeks ago.
0:31.2	Quoting now, to open an impeachment inquiry is a serious matter, and House Republicans
0:35.2	would not take it lightly or use it for political purposes.
0:38.7	He went on to say, if we move forward with an impeachment inquiry, it would occur through
0:42.8	a vote on the floor of the people's house and not through a declaration by one person.
0:47.5	So not through a declaration by one person is what he said.
0:50.4	And to his credit, he's been firm on that point for years.
0:53.6	Here he is in 2019, saying, quote, speaker Pelosi can't decide on impeachment unilaterally.
0:59.4	It requires a full vote of the House of Representatives.
1:02.9	So Democrats or Republicans, it appeared, it didn't matter to Speaker McCarthy.
1:07.1	You don't just go around unilaterally launching impeachment inquiries.
1:10.7	Well, here he is earlier today.
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