The White House on Wednesday asked the media to provide stronger coverage of the start of the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, presenting a document refuting Republican allegations and emphasizes that they are “unfounded.”

His message came a day after House Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican, ordered an investigation, alleging Biden has used his political connections to intervene in his son Hunter’s overseas business. and benefit from these transactions.

“It’s time for the media to step up its scrutiny of the House for launching an impeachment inquiry based on lies. This should raise alarm bells in the media when Republican lawmakers acknowledge the lack of evidence. that Biden did something wrong, much less impeachable,” says a document sent to the press by Ian Sams, a spokesman for the executive branch.

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The White House warned that in the current media landscape, “where every day liars and charlatans peddle misinformation everywhere from Facebook to Fox,” news that does not reveal the “lack of legitimacy” of Republican claims and They only repeat the latter, “they only create confusion.”

“House Republican leaders must be held accountable for moving toward impeachment on charges that are not only baseless, but without merit. in almost all cases they were actively refutedeven witnesses and documents from their own investigations,” he said.

The White House criticized that not delving into the truth of these allegations is “unfortunately inappropriate when This is something so historically serious as a political process.”

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The White House reiterates that there is no evidence of Biden’s involvement in his son’s business.

Opening an investigation is just the beginning of the process. When the time comes, the lower house will have to vote on whether to bring charges against the sitting president, but The power to conduct an impeachment trial subsequently shifts to the Senate.. Democrats control that second chamber, so it’s unlikely to move forward.

To the accusation that Biden was involved in his family’s international business with “enemies” of the United States, meaning China among other countries, The White House in its document indicates that Hunter Biden’s associates said that the president was not involved in this.

The Democratic administration also emphasizes that an independent report found that despite all its investigations, Republicans in the lower house found no evidence of irregularities. on Biden’s part, nor any connection to his son’s business or influence on his policy formulation.

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According to EFE