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Various people and groups assert that U.S. president Joe Biden engaged in impeachable activity both before and during his presidency.

Background

Joe Biden's alleged wrongdoing

The Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory is a series of unevidenced claims centered on the false allegation that while Joe Biden was vice president of the United States, he engaged in corrupt activities relating to the employment of his son Hunter Biden by the Ukrainian gas company Burisma.[1] They have been spread primarily in an attempt to damage Joe Biden's presidential campaign.

First impeachment trial of Donald Trump

In February 2020, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst suggested that if Biden were elected, he could be impeached over alleged dealings with Ukraine.[2]

I think this door of impeachable whatever has been opened. ... Joe Biden should be very careful what he's asking for because, you know, we can have a situation where if it should ever be President Biden, that immediately, people, right the day after he would be elected would be saying, 'Well, we’re going to impeach him'.[2]

In Trump's defense during the trial, Florida attorney general Pam Bondi dedicated most of her time discussing the motive behind Trump's actions, citing the conspiracy theory involving the Bidens and Burisma, saying, "We would prefer not to be talking about this. But the House managers have placed this squarely at issue, so we must address it." She repeated allegations that Joe Biden had sought the removal of Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Shokin, who was ostensibly investigating the firm that employed Hunter Biden, though this action was in agreement with the foreign policy of the United States and other Western governments towards Ukraine at the time.[a] Bondi also falsely asserted that The New York Times reported in 2015 that Shokin was investigating Burisma and its owner.[4]

Impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden

On January 13, 2021, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) stated that she would file articles of impeachment against Joe Biden alleging abuse of power on January 21, 2021, the day after Biden's inauguration, further stating in an interview that "We cannot have a President of the United States that is willing to abuse the power of the presidency and be easily bought off by foreign governments, Chinese energy companies, Ukrainian energy companies".[5]

The six articles of impeachment were filed less than thirty hours into Biden's term. Greene alleged that Joe Biden "will do whatever it takes to bail out his son, Hunter, and line his family's pockets with cash from corrupt foreign energy companies."[6] The articles additionally state that Biden abused his power during his tenure of Vice President of the United States by allowing his son, Hunter Biden, to siphon off cash foreign powers such as Russia and China.[7]

Biden has denied being involved in U.S. foreign policy related to his son's work. A Senate Republican investigation in 2020 found no evidence of wrongdoing, hearing "witness testimony that rebutted those charges".[8][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Multiple sources:
  2. ^ a b Epstein, Jennifer (February 2, 2020). "Joe Biden Could Be Impeached by GOP Over Ukraine If He Wins, Iowa Senator Says". Bloomberg.
  3. ^ Wagner, Meg; Hayes, Mike; Rocha, Veronica (January 27, 2020). "Fact check: 4 things Trump's attorney left out of her arguments about Biden and Burisma". CNN. Archived from the original on January 28, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  4. ^ Blake, Aaron (January 28, 2020). "The gaping hole in Trump's impeachment defense". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  5. ^ Martin, Jeffery (January 13, 2021). "QAnon-Linked Congresswoman to File Impeachment Articles Against Biden on January 21". Newsweek.
  6. ^ a b McFall, Caitlin (21 January 2021). "Freshman GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files articles of impeachment against Biden". Fox News.
  7. ^ Marcos, Christina (21 January 2021). "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files articles of impeachment against Biden". The Hill. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  8. ^ Fandos, Nicholas (23 September 2020). "Republican Inquiry Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by Biden". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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