Republicans mulling Biden impeachment inquiry taking orders from ‘puppet master’ Trump: Jeffries

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday morning that Republicans considering an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden are taking “orders” from former President Trump.

“They have nothing to show for their majority throughout the year,” Jeffries said on CNN. “And so, as a natural consequence of that, they just continue to take orders from Donald Trump, their puppet master-in-chief, who has directed them to persecute and to go after Joe Biden, which may take the form of an illegitimate impeachment inquiry.”

On Sunday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that an impeachment inquiry is a “natural step forward” after House Republican-led investigations into Biden and his family, which McCarthy and other GOP leaders claim reveal improper foreign dealings.

“So, if you look at all the information we have been able to gather so far, it is a natural step forward that you would have to go to an impeachment inquiry,” McCarthy said.

Beyond the House Republican investigations, the president’s son, Hunter, is facing a federal investigation. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed David Weiss as a special counsel in the case earlier this month after a plea deal fell apart.