Joe Biden is ‘likely’ to face impeachment, predicts NY Post’s Goodwin

President Joe Biden’s potential impeachment is becoming increasingly likely, as Michael Goodwin discussed in a New York Post opinion article on Sunday.

The recent announcement by House Oversight Chair James Comer that he has subpoenaed Biden’s son Hunter and brother Jim, along with other relatives, indicates that the investigation has entered a new phase. Goodwin described this as the preliminary stage being complete and the final act about to unfold.

These subpoenas were issued after the discovery of two checks written to Joe from his brother Jim and Jim’s wife, with the memo space indicating “loan repayment.”

Goodwin highlighted the fact that these transfers occurred shortly after the family received large payments from clients through a complex series of bank accounts.

One of these clients, a Chinese energy company, sent $5 million to a joint account controlled by Hunter Biden and a Chinese national. This money arrived shortly after Hunter suggested in a 2017 WhatsApp message that he was with his father and both would not forget a failure to send the money, which Hunter claimed was owed for previous work.

According to Comer, after the $5 million arrived, $400,000 was transferred to an account owned by Hunter, who then wired $150,000 to another account controlled by Jim and Sara Biden. Sara withdrew $50,000 in cash, deposited it into her and Jim’s personal checking account, and then sent a check to Joe Biden for $40,000.

The amount, which is 10% of Hunter’s $400,000, aligns with the percentage of the agreement Hunter was said to be secretly holding for the “big guy.”

Comer pointed out that even if the payments were indeed for loans, they would still demonstrate the core of the impeachment case – that the president directly benefited from his family’s business dealings to promote his “brand.”

By accepting Chinese funds, “Joe Biden exposed himself to future blackmail and put America’s interests behind his own desire for money,” Comer accused.

Goodwin emphasized that the investigation is classified as a “preliminary impeachment inquiry,” giving it more power than a regular congressional subpoena to compel documents and testimony.

The next stage would be a formal impeachment process, which in most cases leads to articles of impeachment and a full House vote.