Chao News reporter Tu Chenxin.
On September 14, Biden spoke in Lago, Maryland. Source: Visual China.
In the past, it was a very rare and serious event in the United States, but now it has become frequent. The previous Trump became the first person in history to encounter the House of Representatives twice, and the current Biden is facing another investigation.
On the 13th local time, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to launch a formal ** investigation into Biden, which will target content including whether Biden used policies to improperly benefit from foreign business transactions with his son Hunter Biden and other family members.
The result of the vote was strictly based on party lines: all Republican members voted yes (221 votes) and all Democrats voted against (212 votes).
This is in stark contrast to the previous Speaker of the House McCarthy's tenure, when there were divisions of opinion among House Republicans, many of whom had reservations about taking action without evidence that Biden had done something wrong. And the current unity shown by the Republican Party makes people have to look at the newly appointed Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Shortly after the vote, Biden fired back with a statement saying that Republicans "are not doing the urgent work that needs to be done, and instead choose to waste time on this baseless political stunt."
What are the steps and how far have we come?How much of a risk is it for Biden to really encounter **?How will this turmoil affect next year?The Chao News reporter consulted Wang Chong, director of the Center for American Studies at Zhejiang University of Foreign Chinese.
Andrew Johnson** courtesy of the American Congress Library. Source: Visual China.
What is the reason why the United States has never been ***?
According to international reports, there have been four official investigations in the history of the United States, namely Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, but none of them have been convicted.
Wang Chong told Chao News that according to the U.S. Constitution, if enough members of the U.S. Congress vote to find him guilty of "treason, crime, or other serious crimes and misconduct," Congress can remove him from office before his term of office expires.
There are two main steps. The first step is in the House of Representatives, first of all, the House of Representatives has to agree, and several committees under the House of Representatives will conduct a ** investigation, and this small step has only now been reached. The case is then referred to the House Judiciary Committee, and if the investigation is found to be sufficient, the House of Representatives votes on a clause that is cleared if it receives a majority of the support. Wang Chong explained.
In the second step, the case goes to the Senate. This level is more difficult, and it takes more than 2 3 senators to find ** guilty before ** can be dismissed. "In the more than 240 years of history of the United States, there has not been a single **because**and**, it is because the threshold for Senate 2 3 consent is too high. ”
Wang Chong said that the closest thing in history to be ** is Andrew Johnson, who succeeded him after Lincoln's assassination, and his ** bill was only one vote short of the Senate vote, and it will be *** After many people, like Clinton and Trump, are because they have nearly half of the members of their own party in the Senate, so it is impossible to be **.
On December 13, Democratic Rep. Goldman gave a speech in front of the Capitol against the Republicans' ** motion. Source: Visual China.
* Biden's outlook is "thunder and rain."
This time the investigation of Biden was launched, and even some people within the Republican Party said that they did not really want to take him down, this is just a gesture, and it is a political revenge against the Democratic Party **Trump, and Biden himself has no particularly big evidence of guilt or real hammer in the hands of the other party. Wang Chong said that Biden's relatives were involved in some alleged corrupt acts, especially his youngest son, Hunter Biden, but these were not enough to cause a fatal injury to Biden.
According to Wang Chong, Biden was in charge of Ukrainian affairs during his tenure as deputy **, and from 2014 to 2019, Hunter Biden used his father's brand to profit when he was working at a Ukrainian energy company, but there is no evidence that Biden himself was deeply involved. "So on the whole, Biden didn't have any real hammer in the hands of the Republicans. ”
AFP commented that even if the investigation does lead to a trial, the Democratic-controlled Senate is unlikely to convict the trial. But the program provides Republicans with a new, high-profile platform to attack Biden, who is seeking re-election next year, and distract from the outside world about Trump's criminal charges. The latter's current approval rating is far ahead of next year's Republican candidates.
It can be seen that the ** who came to Biden this time is appropriately described as "thunder is loud and rain is small".
Biden and his son Hunter Biden in Washington, D.C., June 25. Source: Visual China.
To add insult to injury, Biden's re-election prospects are worrisome.
Biden vs Trump, there is a high probability that it will be staged in next year's ** 2Version 0. Under the active leadership of the Democratic Party, Trump is also entangled in a lot of lawsuits, so the Republican Party's ** investigation of Biden seems to be a kind of "tooth for tooth", and the Republican Party is increasingly united around Trump and has begun to be able to unite with the outside world and carry out a "magic bombardment" with the Democratic Party.
In Wang Chong's view, in the face of next year's first year, both parties are trying to do their best to bring down and stink each other through political, judicial and other means. "There is not much chance that the two sides will make a deal and compromise, because if you make a deal, there will be a scandal, and the scandal will be a sword hanging high for you. Therefore, both sides tend to grasp each other's shortcomings and exert their strength. ”
Reuters, CNN and many other foreign media believe that this ** investigation may cast a shadow on Biden's re-election campaign. The analysis said that even if no concrete evidence of Biden's misconduct was found, the investigation had already attracted widespread attention.
The unsubstantiated allegations "may have tarnished Biden's image." In a recent CNN poll, 61 percent of Americans believe Biden is at least partly involved in his son's business dealings with countries like Ukraine.
And a new poll conducted by Wall Street** shows that Biden's approval rating has hit a new low, trailing Trump by 43% to 47%.
Recently, a poll found that Biden's support for Israel in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has alienated him from at least 1 3 Democrats. There are more and more people who are critical of Biden because of his position.
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