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The White House sent out a plea to journalists asking for assistance in
fending off the House impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.
Ian Sams, a White House spokesman, issued a memo to editorial leadership at
U.S. news organizations that insisted the time has come for the ?media to
ramp up its scrutiny of House Republicans for opening an impeachment inquiry
based on lies.?
The memo argues that House Republicans ?haven?t been able to turn up any
evidence of the President doing anything wrong? and lists some comments from
GOP officials expressing skepticism about the impeachment endeavor.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced the formal impeachment inquiry
against Biden on Tuesday, noting that Republicans have uncovered ?serious and
credible allegations into President Biden?s conduct ? a culture of
corruption.?
In a follow-up letter to colleagues, McCarthy outlined the various pieces of
evidence GOP investigators have gathered over the past several months ?
including bank records and testimony ? and announced a ?special conference?
with committee chairs on Thursday.
Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has been tasked with leading the
impeachment effort with the help of Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and
Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO).
The trio sent out a joint statement on Tuesday that said House Republicans
have ?uncovered an overwhelming amount of evidence showing President Joe
Biden lied to the American people about his knowledge and participation in
his family?s influence peddling schemes.?
The White House has put together a ?war room? composed of a couple dozen
lawyers, legislative aides, and communications staffers to combat the GOP-led
investigations. And Democrats in Congress quickly rallied behind the
president after the impeachment inquiry got announced.
At a news conference, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) declared
?there is not a shred of evidence that President Joe Biden has engaged in
wrongdoing.? He also said Democrats ?will defend President Biden until the
very end.?
Some in the media appear to be already embracing the idea that Republicans
lack evidence warranting an impeachment inquiry. The New York Times, for
instance, said, ?Republicans have found no evidence of financial wrongdoing
or corruption by the president, but said they have received enough
information to warrant more investigation.?
A reporter got into an exchange Tuesday with Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), who
shared examples of what the House GOP has learned in the run-up to the
impeachment inquiry. But the reporter insisted the ?American people can?t see
that. They think it?s political revenge,? to which Perry, the chairman of the
House Freedom Caucus, replied: ?Because you don?t report on it.?
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