The House Republican impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden, which previously stalled amid the chaos to elect a new House speaker, is back in full swing — and GOP leaders want it to move as fast as possible, with a vote to come early next year, reported Newsweek.
During a Fox News appearance, House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-KY) claimed that his committee has produced "many smoking guns" revealing Biden's alleged corruption, and while the panel has not yet revealed that evidence, he said the House hopes to vote on impeachment next year.
"Well, certainly, that will be early spring," Comer told Fox. "The sooner, the better. It just depends on when these people come in for their depositions and transcribed interviews. We have about 24 people that we want to hear from, and we're expecting to hear from them in the next 45 days. After we hear from them, hopefully, we're able to wrap up our job on the Oversight Committee, which is to investigate criminal wrongdoing and issue a report. Then we will hand it off to the Judiciary Committee."
According to the report, the lawmaker who will decide on how and when to move forward is House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH), who will control the process when it comes to actually voting on an impeachment.
One of the big challenges for Republicans is that many House members are not yet convinced by the case they've put forward, leaving them short the votes they need.
