The White House and key Democrats immediately dismissed the impeachment push as politically motivated
but so far have not produced hard evidence implicating the president in wrongdoing. Mr McCarthy cited instances, dating back to Mr Biden’s time as vice president, when he spoke by phone with his son and stopped by dinners his son was hosting with business partners.
Impeachment in the House triggers a vote in the US Senate on whether to remove the leader from office, but this is highly unlikely as removal of a president requires a two-thirds majority.In modern history only two US presidents have ever been impeached – withimpeached in 1998 for lying under oath and obstruction of justice after lying about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
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