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No, it doesn’t make sense. There’s no special impeachment inquiry subpoena that is more powerful than a congressional subpoena. And the House already has all of the bank records they sought. |
He really is the epitome of short-term thinking. The stupid deals he made to become speaker led him into the debt ceiling crisis. Then the deal he made with Biden to resolve the debt ceiling pissed off the crazies, which led to the government shutdown threats. And now he is trying to appease them with the impeachment inquiry, but it's just going to lead to yet more disarray and crisis within his own party. |
What PP said is what I have gathered elsewhere. Here is a paragraph from the article PP linked to that supports that (Time may not be the most definitive source here); A formal impeachment inquiry provides Congress with its apex of power, giving the legislative body more discretion to dig into Biden’s family finances. Investigators could, for example, issue subpoenas for the bank records of Biden and his relatives. The mechanism could also put Biden in a bind should he refuse to comply with any of the subpoenas, according to Michael Conway, an attorney who served as counsel for the House Judiciary Committee’s 1974 impeachment into Nixon. If Biden doesn’t comply with the inquiry, that in itself is an impeachable offense. Indeed, one of the three articles of impeachment considered against Nixon was for defying the inquiry, which sought to obtain his infamous White House tape recordings. |
Archer also said that it was Burisma’s position that they wanted Shokin where he was. |
Since you did not read the article, here is the sort that NOW gives congress subpoena powers to request more bank record and other documents. Up until this point, they did not subpoena powers. Did that Help? Maybe read the article. Here is the highlight. A formal impeachment inquiry provides Congress with its apex of power, giving the legislative body more discretion to dig into Biden’s family finances. Investigators could, for example, issue subpoenas for the bank records of Biden and his relatives. The mechanism could also put Biden in a bind should he refuse to comply with any of the subpoenas, according to Michael Conway, an attorney who served as counsel for the House Judiciary Committee’s 1974 impeachment into Nixon. If Biden doesn’t comply with the inquiry, that in itself is an impeachable offense. Indeed, one of the three articles of impeachment considered against Nixon was for defying the inquiry, which sought to obtain his infamous White House tape recordings. |
They already issued subpoenas for their bank records and they got them. And guess what, there was nothing there! |
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Here is a link to a 2019 article that was referencing the Trump investigation. Says the inquiry gives congress more power to investigate. Is not the same this as an Impeachment.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what-powers-does-formal-impeachment-inquiry-give-house |
Not all of them as many records were never produced. |
That was an article against Trump too and the Rs in the Senate voted to acquit anyway. So the precedent has been set that refusing to cooperate with an impeachment inquiry is not impeachable. |
What specific records weren't subpoenaed and not produced? Why hasn't the House gone to court to enforce the subpoena then? |
Emails under NARA control. Emails with the pseudonyms |
They already have all of the bank records and other records, and tax forms. There is nothing else to subpoena. |
Those aren’t bank records. |