House divided: MTG bashes Johnson for pausing Biden impeachment
by Cami Mondeaux, Congressional Reporter
November 11, 2023 01:54 PM
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) aired her frustrations against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over the weekend, lamenting the newly elected leader has slowed progress on impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden.
“Not long ago we had a Speaker that believed in impeachment so much that he launched an inquiry without a floor vote, but you were told he was bad,” Greene said in a post on X. “After 8 R’s and all D’s ousted him, we found checks to Joe Biden and evidence of a massive money laundering scheme and now the new guy you are told is way better doesn’t want to impeach. Such progress.”
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Greene’s statement comes after Johnson reportedly told centrist Republicans in a closed-door meeting this week that there is insufficient evidence to plow ahead with impeachment proceedings against the president. Instead, the new speaker is advising lawmakers to take their time with the investigation and not press ahead with a predetermined outcome.
The strategy takes on a more reserved tone than many of the rank-and-file Republicans who are pushing for Biden’s impeachment, especially after the House Oversight Committee released bank records suggesting Biden may have paid his brother $240,000 in two installments a year apart, each just weeks before James Biden wrote his brother a check for the same amount.
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