Donalds predicts Biden articles of impeachment will be drafted by spring

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) predicted in a Sunday interview that impeachment articles for President Biden would be drafted by the spring.

“Well, what I see happening is that, over the next month or two, we’re going to finish our investigation,” Donalds said in an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo.

“I do believe, at that point, it’s going to be crystal clear that there are articles of impeachment that should be drafted for Joe Biden,” he added.

House Republicans have announced they will hold a vote to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden to obtain access to more information. So far, there has been no evidence directly connecting President Biden to his son’s business dealings, but Hunter Biden’s recent indictment has served as a catalyst to moving forward on an impeachment inquiry.

Donalds accused Biden of accepting “bribes through his family from foreign nations,” a claim that does not have basis in evidence. He further suggested Biden’s inaction on alleged crimes committed by his son and brother makes him a possible “co-conspirator” in the crimes.

“If you knowingly understand that your family’s getting money from overseas, and you don’t tell them to register as foreign agents or foreign lobbyists or whatever, however you want to define it, that’s a violation of federal law,” Donalds said.

“So I believe that is a situation right there for the American people to see. I believe that’s enough to draft articles of impeachment against Joe Biden. And I believe that is going to happen in the House of Representatives in the spring,” he said.

Donalds said he believes House Republicans have the votes to open the impeachment inquiry when it comes to the floor for a vote this coming week.

“I expect House Republicans to do the right thing, stand up, vote for the impeachment inquiry this week, so we can finish our investigation,” he said.

Biden supporters have slammed the impeachment inquiry as an attempt at retribution after the House twice impeached former President Trump.

Proponents of the inquiry have pointed to the impeachment inquiry as a way to obtain more information that they claim has been inappropriately blocked from them. Others, however — including frequent Republican Trump critics Chris Christie and Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah) — have criticized this reasoning, saying it’s inappropriate to open an inquiry without first having some evidence.