Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer's campaign sent a fundraising email to supporters stating that impeaching President Biden will likely not be the "culmination" of his probe. (Getty Images)
"But we are not in a normal time in history… As it stands right now, the deranged Democrats are refusing to take up the Impeachment Trial of Alejandro Mayorkas and threatening to dismiss it within minutes when it finally is brought up. Even ‘centrist’ Democrats called the Mayorkas Impeachment Trial ‘ridiculous’ just days after a criminal illegal brutally murdered Laken Riley in cold blood."
House Republicans voted to impeach Mayorkas over the border crisis last month, but the impeachment articles have not yet been sent over to the Senate. Once they are, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., must act on them swiftly – though the Democratic majority is likely to scuttle them as soon as possible.
Comer’s email then asked, "What do you think they would do if we Impeached Biden?"
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"It’s clear that Democrats will choose their party over their country and the truth at every turn. They should be ashamed of themselves. That’s why I am preparing criminal referrals as the culmination of my investigation," he wrote.
"When President Trump returns to the White House, it’s critical the new leadership at the DOJ have everything they need to prosecute the Biden Crime Family and deliver swift justice."
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is a main focus of House impeachment investigators. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., a member of the Oversight Committee, told Fox News Digital last week that it’s "very possible" there will be a full House vote, but said impeaching Biden "has never been the purpose" of the inquiry.
"The purpose is doing these investigations. We have a formalized impeachment inquiry because some of the initial information we've uncovered has led us to the current information now," Donalds said.
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When asked whether he meant the impeachment inquiry’s goal was not an impeachment vote, Donalds challenged, "That’s not what I’m saying."
"It was about doing our investigation into the allegations of public corruption by the Biden family. We have now proven that yes, there was public corruption going on… The question now becomes, does all the evidence we have take us to high crimes and misdemeanors? But you have to have an impeachment inquiry in order to assess and gain all that information," he said. "Unlike the Democrats, we didn't walk in just promising impeachment on day one."
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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