The White House has declined an invitation for President Joe Biden to testify in a House Oversight Committee impeachment inquiry hearing, stating that the investigation is over and the president has done nothing wrong. Special Counsel to the President Richard Sauber accused House Oversight Chair James Comer of peddling false and unsupported allegations. House Republicans have not found evidence of wrongdoing by Biden and lack the votes in the House to impeach him, leading to a stalled impeachment inquiry.
Comer has been leading the effort to invite President Biden to testify, but the invitation was not co-signed by other key Republican figures involved in the inquiry. House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan and House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith did not sign the invitation, and House Speaker Mike Johnson was not involved in the decision. Some Republicans viewed the invitation to Biden as a final attempt to restart momentum on the investigation, which has failed to uncover any evidence of wrongdoing after extensive witness interviews and financial record reviews.
The House Oversight Committee has not provided a comment on the White House’s decision to decline the invitation for President Biden to testify in the impeachment inquiry hearing. With Republicans lacking consensus on how to proceed with the investigation and the lack of evidence of misconduct by the president, the impeachment inquiry appears to be at a standstill. Comer’s effort to invite Biden to testify was seen as a last-ditch effort to revitalize the investigation and gather more information, but the White House’s response suggests that the president will not be participating in the inquiry.
The decision by the White House to decline the invitation for President Biden to testify comes after weeks of ongoing investigations by House Republicans that have failed to uncover any evidence of wrongdoing. With a divided majority in the House and no clear path to impeaching the president, Republicans have struggled to make progress in the impeachment inquiry. Comer’s solo effort to invite Biden to testify reflects the challenges faced by Republicans in moving forward with the investigation without clear evidence to support their claims.
Despite Comer’s efforts to invite President Biden to testify and push forward with the impeachment inquiry, the White House’s refusal to participate indicates that the investigation may be coming to an end. With no evidence of wrongdoing by the president and a lack of support for impeachment within the House, the inquiry appears to have reached a stalemate. The invitation to Biden to testify was seen as a final attempt to gather more information and restart momentum on the investigation, but it seems unlikely that the president will participate in the hearing as requested by House Republicans.
