House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is asking the House of Representatives to move forward on an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden based what Republicans have characterized as Biden family influence peddling. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden,\u201d McCarthy said Tuesday. \u201cThis is the logical next step that will give our committees the full power to gather all the facts and answers for the American public.\u201d<\/p>\n

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee has obtained bank records that show the Biden family raked in at least $20 million<\/a> from foreign individuals and entities from Biden\u2019s time as vice president under President Barack Obama. <\/p>\n

Much of this came from Hunter Biden\u2019s foreign business operations in China, Ukraine, Romania and other countries. But the committee has found that at least nine members of the Biden family<\/a> have received payments. <\/p>\n

In July Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, released an FD-1023 form from the FBI showing that a confidential informant told the bureau that an executive with Burisma, a Ukrainian energy firm, paid a $5 million bribe<\/a> to Biden while he was vice president to affect U.S. policy to benefit the company. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n