Fox News' Shannon Bream brings viewers bad news on Biden impeachment

Fox News Sunday host Shannon Bream on Friday brought many of her network's viewers potentially unwelcome news on the House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

While speaking with Fox Business' Stuart Varney, Bream was asked about the GOP impeachment inquiry, which has all but run aground in recent weeks after the arrest of former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who was charged with fabricating bribery allegations against Biden.

"Is the Biden impeachment now unlikely?" Varney asked Bream.

"I think it's increasingly unlikely," she replied. "Especially with another GOP House member — who, by the way, was a vote against this, Ken Buck — saying that he's out even sooner than expected. I think Republicans are trying to be realistic with the margins that they have. And the speaker seems to be signaling, 'Eh, maybe we're not going to push this to the floor for a vote.'"

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Bream noted that Republicans still plan to hold a public hearing with Hunter Biden next week after having previously held a hearing behind closed doors.

However, she seemed skeptical that this effort would bear any fruit either.

"They say the investigation continues," she said. "But I think the impeachment vote getting to the floor? A little bit less likely today."

White House counsel Edward Siskel on Friday sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that essentially spiked the football on the GOP's impeachment inquiry, and he encouraged the speaker to formally drop the impeachment probe and concentrate on solving problems that matter to American voters.

"There is too much important work to be done for the American people to continue wasting time on this charade," Siskel argued. "It is obviously time to move on, Mr. Speaker. This impeachment is over."

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