The president of the US House of Representatives, Republican Kevin McCarthy, ordered this Tuesday to open an impeachment investigation against the president, Joe Biden, in an effort to obtain bank records and other documents from the president and his son Hunter Biden.

The legislator considered in a press conference that it is the next “logical step” in the investigations in this regard undertaken by the conservative group since it regained control of the Lower House in January after the mid-term elections in November 2022.

The impeachment resolutions must be validated by the plenary session of that chamber, where it is not yet clear that McCarthy has the support of moderate Republicans in his caucus.

Later, if successful, it would reach the Senate, which is the one that has the power to carry out these types of trials. Since the Upper House is under Democratic control, the possibility of it moving forward is limited.

“I encourage the president and his team to cooperate fully with this investigation in the interest of transparency. We are committed to getting answers for the American people, no more, no less. We will go wherever the evidence takes us,” said McCarthy, who said he had not made this decision “lightly”.

The Treasury Department alone, according to its data, “has more than 150 transactions involving the Biden family and other business partners that were flagged as suspicious activity by US banks.”

His appearance took place on the first day of activity in the Lower House after the summer recess.

Republicans have in their sights the Biden family’s alleged business dealings with the country’s “adversaries” such as China, taking advantage of their political ties. The various allegations already found in this regard, according to McCarthy, “are credible and depict a culture of corruption.”

“We have found that the president lied to the American public about his own knowledge of his family’s foreign business dealings. Witnesses have said he participated in numerous calls, meetings and dinners that resulted in cars and millions of dollars going to his son. and his son’s business partners,” he noted.

In McCarthy’s opinion, the Biden family has received “favorable treatment from the Democratic Administration” that would not have been provided if they were not related to the current president.

The conservative legislator considered that these accusations of “abuse of power, obstruction and corruption” deserve additional investigations, which is why he said he commissioned this impeachment investigation against him to be able to gather “all the facts.”

Leading the requested investigations will be the president of the House Oversight Committee, James Comer, in coordination with the representatives of the Judiciary Committee, Jim Jordan, and the Ways and Means Committee, Jason Smith.

“Americans deserve to know that public office is not for sale, that the federal government is not being used to cover up the actions of a politically prominent family,” he concluded.