House GOP to Launch Five Biden-Related Investigations

ARepublicans prepare to take control of the House For the first time in four year, party leaders have begun to open a variety of investigations. several Biden administration officials Concerning their conduct.

Soon after the GOP won the House majority, top Republicans such as Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) have expressed their intent to investigate President Joe Biden’s White House on a variety of fronts, ranging from the southern border to Hunter Biden’s laptop.

HERE ARE THE 42 BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE PUT ON NOTICE

These are the five most important investigations that the House Republicans will be pursuing once they control the lower chamber. And which officials have been notified:

Joe Biden and Afghanistan withdrawal

One of the first investigations Republicans expect to open is on the September 2021 withdrawal of U.S troops from Afghanistan. During which time the country airlifted over 12,000 people out, the Taliban quickly seized power of the government. This operation was closely scrutinized after 13 Americans were killed and around 200 Afghans were injured in a suicide attack at Kabul’s airport.

James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, is the ranking member in the House Oversight Committee. Comer sent letters to various government agencies, asking for documentation about troop withdrawal. Comer also accused the Biden administration, of obstruction. Comer wrote letters to the State Department (the National Security Council, Department of Homeland Security and the Pentagon) inquiring about internal communications regarding the plan for the September 2021 troop withdraw from Afghanistan.

The Oversight Committee is particularly interested in investigating the decision to conduct airlifts out of the Hamid Karzai International Airport and to permit the Taliban to be responsible for the airport’s security. Lawmakers will also examine the failure to plan for relocation of refugees from Afghanistan.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the COVID-19 pandemic and Dr. Anthony Fauci

Near the top of Republicans’ list of priorities is investigating the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic and Dr. Anthony Fauci Over the past three years.

Republicans have long criticised Fauci’s response to the pandemic. This includes theories surrounding how the coronavirus spread from Wuhan (China) in the late 2019 and early 2020. In 2019, the House Energy and Commerce Committee GOP lawmakers opened an investigation into COVID-19’s origins. “an independent, expert investigation of the origin of COVID-19,” According to Francis Collins, then-Director of the National Institutes of Health, this letter was sent.

Republicans make up the majority of this committee. since called on the NIH All records and communications relating to the pandemic should be kept for review by the agency in the early part of next year.

Hunter Biden and his computer

Hunter Biden’s business dealings have long been of interest to the Republican Party, first taking prominence during the 2020 election as the GOP sought to determine whether then-candidate Joe Biden benefited financially from his son’s transactions, pointing to national security concerns.

The House committee has been working with Hunter Biden’s supporters to help them advance their investigation, especially after they obtained a copy of the hard drive. The hard drive has been of interest due to its salacious content, although Republicans are expected to focus mostly on his family’s business dealings to determine whether President Joe Biden has knowingly benefited from his son’s financial deals.

The FBI took the hardware from Hunter Biden’s home in April 2019. He is believed to have left it there for repairs and never returned.

Federal criminal investigations are looking into Hunter Biden’s financial transactions, which include business deals that were tied to Russia, China, and Ukraine. The president’s son has never publicly denied that the laptop belonged to him but has insisted he is “100% certain” He will be exonerated of any wrongdoing.

Joe Biden repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and his campaign said to reporters in 2020, “He has never denied any wrongdoing.” “has never even considered being involved in business with his family, nor in any overseas business whatsoever.”

Alejandro Mayorkas, the southern border

Republicans should also focus on the increase in immigrants crossing the southern border to the United States, which has been significantly increased by the Biden administration.

Republicans have demanded DHS officials to preserve documentation relating to the border in the past. Some GOP lawmakers consider impeaching Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas when they take control of Congress.

In fiscal 2022, U.S. border agents encountered more than 2,000,000 immigrants at the southern border. This represents an increase of 1.7 Million encounters in the previous year.

The House Judiciary Committee has already notified Mayorkas They will seek his testimony as early as possible in the next Congress.

Merrick Garland and bias within Department of Justice

In a letter sent to the Department of Justice, House Republicans informed Garland they would be seeking the testimony of 15 officials — the most of any of the departments that received the Nov. 18 notices.

The testimony is likely to be in reference to the department’s handling of its investigations into Donald Trump because Republicans have accused the department of being politically biased against the former president. Republicans’ investigations are expected to focus on the raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, during which the FBI and DOJ obtained several boxes of classified White House documents.

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According to court documents the DOJ is investigating possible violations and obstructions of justice under the Espionage Act in its inquiry into the Mar-a-Lago files. Trump denied any wrongdoing.

This investigation will likely coincide with another inquiry into FBI to see if the agency has political bias against Trump.