White House sends scathing letter telling Mike Johnson that Biden impeachment probe is ‘over’

The White House is calling for an end to the six-month-old impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and his family, citing Republican investigators’ failure to turn up any evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the president.

In a scathing letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, White House Counsel Ed Siskel said it had become “clear” that the “House Republican impeachment is over,” citing reporting by ABC News, Punchbowl News and Fox News in which members of the Republican majority admitted to reporters that the inquiry is “falling apart,” has found “nothing anywhere close to an impeachable offence” and has failed to “identify a particular crime” that they can use to justify impeaching Mr Biden.

The letter, which was obtained by The Independent, also cites the imminent departure of Colorado Republican Ken Buck, who said his decision to resign from the House effective next week stems in part from his colleagues decision to “[take] impeachment and [make] it a social media issue as opposed to a constitutional concept”.

It also notes that Mr Buck’s opinion is “in line with conclusions” from a veritable who’s who of legal scholars from both right and left sides of the political spectrum who have opined that there is currently “no constitutionally sound basis” on which to commence impeachment proceedings against the president. Among these reputable names is former US District Judge Fern Smith, who called the current impeachment probe “a misuse of power” and described it as “manifestly unjustified”.

“The House Majority ought to work with the President on our economy, national security, and other important priorities on behalf of the American people, not continue to waste time on political stunts like this,” writes Mr Siskel