Jim Jordan pours cold water on GOP push to impeach Biden

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GOP Representative Jim Jordan said that impeaching Biden is a 'decision that's going to be made by the full Republican Conference and the speaker.'

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, has attempted to get records from the FBI that believes could reveal whether Biden allegedly received bribes from a foreign national in return for an influence on policy decisions when he was vice president during the Obama administration, according to Punchbowl News. Comer is basing his allegation on information he received from an anonymous whistleblower.

Some Republicans who are strongly critical of the Biden administration have been eagerly waiting for a chance to impeach the president, including Jordan, whose House Judiciary Committee would oversee the impeachment if it moves forward. However, Jordan is being careful in approaching allegations against Biden, saying that his party's move towards impeachment is just"to get the facts.

"You think about [Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas, he certainly warrants impeachment, but that's a decision we have to make as a conference...And relative to the president, of course, that's a decision that's going to be made by the full Republican Conference and the speaker, and no one's really focused on that now," he told Punchbowl News.

Representative Jim Jordan , an Ohio Republican, said that while there is a GOP push to gather facts to impeach President Joe Biden , the party is not focused currently on that issue.Some GOP members including Comer have called for impeaching Mayorkas over issues at the U.S.-Mexico border, even thoughThe FBI document that Comer claims would back his accusation might be hard to obtain, but he can try to convince the whistleblower to testify before Congress.

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