‘Moving In That Direction’: Jim Jordan Hints At Biden Impeachment

Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), a high-ranking House Republican, was interviewed by Fox News‘ Maria Bartiromo who asked him whether Congress was preparing to impeach members of the Biden administration. After Mr. Jordan covered the various scandals, Bartiromo asked, “All of this leads to many people in the House saying it is time to draw up impeachment articles – are you moving to impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland?” The Ohio lawmaker said “This is a question for the full conference but I will tell you this the Speaker has been clear…[he] said if we have to go to an impeachment inquiry we will in fact do that.”

Rep. Jordan added, “It sure looks like all this evidence which keeps piling up based on what Senator Grassley [R-IO] released this week with the 1023 form [alleging Biden took a bribe], what we heard from the whistleblowers this past week [that various Biden officials have not been candid about their probe into the president’s son and how certain leads that could have opened an investigation into the president’s involvement in his son’s business dealings were closed down], and the conflicting statements from the Justice Department it sure looks like we are moving in that direction at a pretty quick pace.”

“Ultimately Maria that is a question for the full conference- the Republican conference in the House of Representatives- we will do what the Constitution requires if that is where we need to go,” said Jordan. Jordan further told Bartiromo, “If we do head down this road [of impeachment] it completely consumes Congress. I was, as you know,…on the other side of this when Democrats did their ridiculous impeachment of Trump four years ago and the amount of time and focus it just demands from the Congress is huge.”

Mr. Jordan emphasized that “if that is where we need to go because that is what the facts say then that is what our constitutional duty is then we will of course move in that direction.”

Maria Bartiromo then cited an article from the Federalist that argued that allegations over Biden’s Ukraine bribery scheme warrant impeachment and asked Jordan what he planned to do over this. Jordan said, “That may be the question too. It may not be about the Attorney General so much…it could be more about the president himself. Again, that is the way Chairman Comer [R-KY] is going to pursue his investigation.”