Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) filed articles of impeachment against Joe Biden on Friday. On the same day, he brought forward legislation requiring the head of the Secret Service to file reports about illegal use of controlled substances in the White House.
Steube filed four articles of impeachment against Biden. He jumped ahead of the investigations being conducted in Congress. He accuses the president of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Bribery
Extortion
Obstruction of justice
Fraud
Financial involvement in drugs & prostitutionIt’s LONG PAST TIME to impeach Joe Biden.
Joe Biden shouldn’t be allowed to continue to sit in the White House, selling out our country. Today I filed articles of impeachment.…
— Congressman Greg Steube (@RepGregSteube) August 11, 2023
“It’s long past time to impeach Joe Biden,” Steube said in a statement. “He has undermined the integrity of his office, brought disrepute on the Presidency, betrayed his trust as President, and acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice at the expense of America’s citizens.”
“The evidence continues to mount by the day – the Biden Crime Family has personally profited off Joe’s government positions through bribery, threats, and fraud. Joe Biden must not be allowed to continue to sit in the White House, selling out our country,” Steube said.
The first article of impeachment accuses Biden of abusing the power of his office. It alleges he accepted bribes, committed Hobbs Act extortion and honest services fraud related to the use of his position. These charges are over the alleged involvement of the then-vice president in the Biden family business dealings. This includes the pay-for-play deals made by Hunter Biden and James Biden (the president’s brother) that sold access to Biden between 2009-2017 in exchange for “payments and business opportunities from foreign and domestic business partners.”
Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, released a memo on Wednesday that shows foreign payments to members of the Biden family that totaled more than $20M. Democrats were quick to come to Joe Biden’s defense, insisting that there is no evidence that Joe Biden accepted any payments.
The second article of impeachment claims that Biden obstructed justice. It cites IRS whistleblower testimony that “members of the Biden campaign improperly colluded with Justice Department (DOJ) officials to improperly interfere with investigations into tax crimes alleged to have been committed by Hunter Biden.” Again, Biden’s defenders, including at DOJ and special counsel David Weiss, have denied that the Biden administration interfered with the special counsel’s work.
The third article of impeachment deals with accusations that Biden committed fraud.
The fourth article of impeachment claims Biden paid for Hunter’s illegal drugs and prostitutes.
I’m not a lawyer, I just occasionally play one here. I think the third and fourth articles are a stretch. I’m all for hitting the corrupt old man, The Big Guy, with everything there is but the charge of fraud and of the father paying for the son’s blow and hookers seems a step too far. Wouldn’t you assume that Hunter’s payments went to pay for his own vices, and Joe’s cut from the deals went to him? I don’t see being able to prove that daddy paid for his son’s addictions. YMMV.
Steube’s legislation to require the Secret Service chief to write a report on controlled substances in the White House makes sense. The Secret Service brazenly closed its investigation into the random baggie of cocaine that showed up in a cubbie in the White House, just outside the Oval Office, last month. They didn’t even identify a person of interest.
There is a report that the Secret Service did find a fingerprint on the bag and do know who it is but it comes from “sources” and a specific name has not been confirmed. It’s just being reported as someone in the Biden family orbit, whatever that means. Is it Ashley, who has had her own problems with drug use? Maybe a Biden grandchild? We’ll probably never know.
I do like the name of Steube’s bill – the “Helping Understand Narcotics Traces at the Executive Residence (HUNTER) Act.”
“The United States Secret Service (USSS) refers to themselves as one of the most elite law enforcement agencies in the world. It’s completely unacceptable that the USSS has failed to find who is responsible for bringing cocaine into one of the most secure buildings in the world,” he said. “The American people deserve answers. My legislation demands information on the closed investigation into the cocaine found at the White House in July and focuses on how Congress can provide oversight to prevent future illicit usage of controlled substances in the White House.”
It doesn’t make sense that the Secret Service was stumped in its investigation into a bag of cocaine. As many others have pointed out, if that white substance turned out to be anthrax, the case would have been solved in a matter of hours. The Secret Service is an elite group of professionals. I think they solved the case and are following orders to keep quiet.
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