Republicans have investigated Biden for the better part of two years, subpoenaing witnesses and combing through documents pertaining to his family business dealings. They had long alleged not just wrongdoing, but also a coverup. Democrats demanded particulars and mocked the entire process.

“You have not identified a single crime. What is the crime that you want to impeach Joe Biden for and keep this nonsense going?” exploded Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democratic member of the House Oversight Committee, during a contentious April hearing.

Fired back Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer, “You’re about to find out very soon.”

The 291-page report came three months later. It is a joint product of the Oversight Committee as well as the Judiciary and Ways and Means committees. Its conclusion: Biden engaged in “impeachable conduct” first by participation in his family’s efforts to “monetize his office” while vice president and then by “obstruction of Congress” as president.

The final page of the report reads, “As both president and vice president, Joe Biden has abused his office of public trust, putting his family’s financial interests above the interests of the American people. Although the Committees’ fact-finding is ongoing amid President Biden’s obstruction, the evidence uncovered in the impeachment inquiry to date already amounts to impeachable conduct.”

But Biden is already on his way out the door after a disastrous debate performance that cost him the confidence of his own party. Biden announced last month that he would withdraw from the race to make room at the top of the ticket for his vice president, Kamala Harris. White House officials do not appreciate the “lame duck” label, insisting that the outgoing executive will use his remaining five months in office to rally for sweeping policies ranging from Supreme Court reform to his “Cancer Moonshot.”

If Comer and company have their way, Biden will have to clear his schedule to fight for his legacy. House Republicans seek to make him just the fourth president in history to be impeached by the House. Removal from office, however, which requires a two-thirds Senate vote, is all but impossible.

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