GOP-led committees release Biden impeachment report without formally recommending the House move forward with impeachment

Washington CNN —

The trio of Republican-led committees leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Monday released a report arguing that the president has “engaged in impeachable conduct” without making a formal recommendation for the House of Representatives to move forward with impeachment.

Instead, the 291-page report recycles previous unsupported claims to argue that Biden “knowingly participated” in a conspiracy to leverage his office while as vice president and beyond to financially benefit his family, and leaves it up to the House of Representatives to evaluate.

Republicans unveiled the report on the day the Democratic National Convention begins in Chicago, hours before Biden is expected to address the event in a keynote speech.

In a statement Monday, White House spokeswoman Sharon Yang slammed congressional Republicans for their “failed” impeachment endeavor.

“After wasting nearly two years and millions of taxpayer dollars, House Republicans have finally given up on their wild goose chase,” Yang said. “This failed stunt will only be remembered for how it became an embarrassment that their own members distanced themselves from as they only managed to turn up evidence that refuted their false and baseless conspiracy theories.”

The report’s release also comes at a precarious moment for House Republicans. Since Republicans launched their impeachment inquiry into Biden 11 months ago, they have failed to convince their narrow majority to move forward with articles of impeachment. With Biden no longer seeking reelection, and attention on Capitol Hill shifting to the 2024 presidential election, the GOP momentum to continue to use investigative muscle to scrutinize Biden and his family has also