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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden's son Hunter testified Wednesday behind closed doors before Republican lawmakers carrying out an impeachment inquiry against his father, who stands accused of lying about his family's business dealings. Republicans are racing to inflict damage on the Democratic president ahead of November's election, in which their nominee is likely to be the scandal-plagued Donald Trump. They have accused Biden -- without offering any conclusive evidence -- of using his influence during his time as Barack Obama's vice president (2009-2017) to help Hunter in his busines...
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Washington (AFP) - Joe Biden's brother was questioned in Congress Wednesday by Republican lawmakers leading an impeachment inquiry against the US president, who they say benefitted from illicit business. Republicans in the House of Representatives have accused Biden of engaging in corrupt business dealings during his time as vice president with his younger brother James and son Hunter -- who is also embroiled in his own, separate legal troubles. The investigation has dragged on into the 2024 election year despite it failing to produce any clear evidence of wrongdoing by the president, and Demo...
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Washington (AFP) - The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, escalating Republicans' battle with Democrats ahead of the 2024 election in a move Biden himself slammed as a "baseless" stunt. Republicans, seizing on Biden's son Hunter's controversial international dealings, have yet to provide evidence of corruption by the president, and the Democratic-led Senate would be unlikely to convict him even if the inquiry did lead to an actual impeachment trial. Regardless, the procedure guarantees Republicans a new, high-profile platfo...
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Washington (AFP) - Long a target of US Republicans, President Joe Biden's embattled son Hunter held a rare press conference Wednesday to push back against allegations his father was involved in his often-scrutinized international business dealings. "My father was not financially involved in my business," Hunter Biden, 53, said outside the US Capitol as the House of Representatives prepared to vote on whether to open a formal impeachment inquiry against his 81-year-old father. "Not as a practicing lawyer, not as a board member of (Ukrainian gas giant) Burisma, not in my partnership to Chinese p...
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Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump's second impeachment trial may be the talk of America but a few people, at least, are mum so far, for very different reasons -- Trump himself, and his successor, President Joe Biden. The opening of the trial in the US Senate on Tuesday, which could affect the political landscape for years to come, is unprecedented: No president has ever watched his predecessor be tried before Congress. For Biden, the message is clear: Three weeks after moving into the White House, he is focused on curbing the deadly coronavirus pandemic and the economic fallout that has devastat...
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New York (AFP) - There's little chance Donald Trump will be convicted by the US Senate of inciting an insurgency but his legal troubles won't end with the conclusion of his second impeachment trial. The former president could soon be indicted on criminal charges, not to mention the multiple civil actions that have been filed against him. The ex-New York property tycoon, now ensconced in his luxurious Florida residence, is no stranger to the legal system, with his army of lawyers long accustomed to defending him and attacking his opponents during civil hearings. Now that Trump is once again a m...
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Washington (AFP) - There was deep silence on the House floor as the gavel struck Wednesday heralding the second impeachment of US President Donald Trump. With hands clasped atop a lectern on which rested the results of the chamber's historic vote, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the charges, making Trump the only president in US history to be impeached twice, this time for "incitement of insurrection" against the Capitol. During the document's subsequent sober signing, the mood was a far cry from Trump's first impeachment, when Pelosi signed the document with multiple pens, distributing them to...
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