McCarthy orders Biden impeachment inquiry

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🗓️ 13 September 2023

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unilaterally orders an impeachment inquiry into Biden, alleging the President profited from his son’s business deals, despite any evidence. This, as the Wisconsin GOP threatens to impeach a liberal justice before she has heard a single case. Plus, the Fulton County D.A. continues to push for one trial for all 19 defendants in the Georgia election subversion case. And, J.J. Klaver is a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent. He joins to discuss the latest on the manhunt for the escaped Pennsylvania killer, now in its 13th day, including the very dangerous weapon Danelo Cavalcante has stolen from a Garage.

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0:00.0	Good evening, everyone. I'm Laura Coates and welcome to CNN Tonight. Look, the manhunt
0:12.3	is continuing. We're about two weeks. Yes, almost two weeks and it's continuing to heat
0:16.6	up even tonight. And that escape prisoner now armed is even more dangerous. So what's
0:21.7	going to happen tonight? We've got a live report with all of the ups and the minute developments
0:26.0	coming up. But I want to begin with Kevin McCarthy or shall I say speaker McCarthy unilaterally
0:31.8	ordering an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, even as Republicans have yet to
0:36.8	actually prove any allegations that he directly profited from his son's foreign business
0:41.7	deals. And it comes as the speaker is under enormous pressure from far right members of
0:46.4	his own party, threatening to kick him out of the speakership if he does not move fast
0:51.7	enough. These are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption. And they
0:59.5	weren't further investigation by the House of Representatives. That's why today I am directing
1:07.1	our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. This logical
1:14.8	next step will give our committees the full power to gather all the facts and answers for
1:21.7	the American public. So first of all, I'm going to say inquiry period full stop, but you
1:27.6	could pronounce it however you'd like, sir. You didn't think McCarthy's gavel was actually
1:32.1	safe, did you? I mean, you couldn't have forgotten. We all were up to the crack of dawn watching
1:37.5	him try to win the speakers gavel. And after 15 rounds, of course, he in fact made it.
1:43.0	And here we are, everyone, we're nine months later and it seems that it's maybe time to
1:47.9	pay the paper. So how is it pay back in the form of an impeachment inquiry? The question
1:55.8	is for what? Because I haven't actually heard the exact reason or the high crime and misdemeanor
2:00.7	that be required there. But McCarthy says that they can open an impeachment inquiry anyway.
2:07.9	We would have to move to an impeachment inquiry, which you know Larry gives the apex of power
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