Will Joe Biden actually be impeached? GOP leadership reveals why a pre-election vote is unlikely

Seven months into their impeachment enquiry of the president, GOP leaders present importune they don't measurement occurrence by whether oregon not they really clasp a ballot to impeach Joe Biden. But they inactive won't regularisation it out. 

Instead of an impeachment vote, House Republicans voted to notation Hunter and James Biden, not Joe, to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for transgression prosecution, wherever the Biden DOJ inevitably ignored their suggestion. 

Now, Oversight Chairman James Comer insists helium wasn't gunning for an impeachment ballot - helium ever thought the enquiry would extremity successful referrals. 

'I've been saying for astir a twelvemonth that this would extremity with transgression referral,' helium told DailyMail.com successful an interview. 

He said the impeachment enquiry was erstwhile Speaker Kevin McCarthy's idea.  

'The impeachment enquiry was a signifier that McCarthy came up with to effort to assistance america person greater lasting successful court. It truly had thing to bash with with impeachment,' Comer went on. 

Over the past fractional a twelvemonth the Oversight, Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees person sought grounds to necktie Joe Biden to Hunter Biden's shady concern dealings. 

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held a afloat House ballot to authorize the enquiry to springiness Republicans a amended lasting successful tribunal erstwhile the Biden squad withheld documents they'd subpoena. But Republicans privately disquieted that opening an impeachment enquiry without ever impeaching the president could look similar exoneration. 

'The Senate was ne'er going to convict Joe Biden,' the Oversight president admitted. 

'So our nonsubjective was was twofold. One, to get the information to the American people, and I deliberation we've done that. And fig two, is to forestall this from happening successful the future, which is what we're focused connected now. Influence peddling is simply a grey country successful the government.'

He pointed to the White House morals measure helium precocious introduced with Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, Calif. 

The bill, which would bolster disclosure requirements for overseas income for the president and his household members, mislaid the enactment of Democrats aft the White House reportedly made telephone calls urging them to driblet their backing - but Comer insisted it would walk the House and Senate this Congress. 

Still, Comer refused to regularisation retired impeaching the president. 'Look, we whitethorn inactive impeach Joe Biden, I deliberation we should. But you know, it's getting truthful precocious successful the game.' 

Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan told DailyMail.com they were lone moving to 'get the facts retired there' - and it would beryllium up to enactment to determine connected whether oregon not to clasp a vote. 

'I deliberation the lawsuit is compelling. But whether we determination guardant with existent articles, that would beryllium a determination for the full House of Representatives,' helium said. 

As for what's next: 'I deliberation we're moving connected putting unneurotic each the facts and we're going to get immoderate some constituent we're going to contiguous that to the full Congress, and we'll spot what spot what Congress does.' 

After Capitol Hill grounds from Hunter, James and dozens of their erstwhile concern associates, Republicans enactment connected show however Hunter and James profited disconnected of their past sanction and introduced Biden to their concern partners, and pressured Ukraine to occurrence a authoritative who happened to beryllium investigating a institution wherever Hunter Biden sat connected the committee - Burisma. 

The elder Biden said helium did truthful due to the fact that the authoritative was corrupt, not due to the fact that it had thing to bash with his son. 

But Republicans did not find cut-and-dry impervious of Joe Biden peddling power to enactment his ain pockets. 

They said the Biden household took successful $20 cardinal successful overseas concern deals but overmuch of that went to Hunter and James oregon their concern partners. 

Comer inactive holds retired anticipation that his probe volition pb to further ineligible headaches for the Biden family. 

He answers successful the affirmative erstwhile asked if helium believes the DOJ would instrumentality up the transgression referrals if Donald Trump wins the November election.