🤦♀️ Via Dem Strategist Sawyer Hackett:
Speaker Kevin #McCarthy just launched an #impeachment inquiry into President #Biden WITHOUT a vote in the House.
This tweet is still up on his account.
@GottaLaff he can unilaterally launch an inquiry. Anyone can. It's just asking questions. You don't actually need to do anything but ask questions... and no results are needed or expected. No one has to help you. No votes needed.
@JonKramer
"In January 2020, the Donald Trump-led Justice Department formally declared that impeachment inquiries by the House are invalid unless the chamber takes formal votes to authorize them." https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/111054547785462473
@GottaLaff Yep, invalid being the key word, but still can be done. Just like I can claim Elon Musk is a martian, and open an investigation... It is a meaningless extrajudicial activity that has no merit, no legal standing, but can still be done. It just doesn't mean anything. Fetterman responded to this story the best way possible: https://nypost.com/2023/09/12/fetterman-pretends-to-be-petrified-over-gops-impeachment-inquiry-into-biden/
@GottaLaff , man, I wish he hadn't had that stroke, or we could have him running for office this cycle.