The Republican-led US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to open a formal impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden over his son's controversial foreign business deals, AFP reported. Democrats have dismissed the allegations as baseless. The vote has virtually no chance of success, but could become a headache for Biden, who will run for re-election in 2024.
Biden himself strongly condemned the vote, denouncing it as a "groundless political stunt." "Instead of looking at the urgent work that needs to be done, they (Republicans) are choosing to waste time on this baseless political stunt that even Republicans in Congress admit is not supported by facts," Biden said in a lengthy statement released minutes after the vote in the House of Representatives. /BGNES
