The government will shut down if no budget is passed, mccarthy has announced he would open an Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden. Now that is a gambit that is certain to fail. And i dont just mean that mccarthy cant possibly get by the removed from office, which would involve not just an impeachment in the house, but a trial in the senate, i mean that it is unclear if mccarthy can even win an Impeachment Vote in the house. It is unpopular gambit with a smaller meeting faction of the Republican Party that still cares about governing, which is probably why mccarthy opened the Impeachment Inquiry without holding a vote as customary and as he had earlier indicated that he would do. Why would the speaker of the u. S. House of representatives third in line in the presidency, launch a presidency that appears to be both strategically and politically unwise . Easy. Because he owes that important job to a small band of farright conspiracy peddling wing nuts who belong to the cult of donald trump. Mccarthy barely got his job as speaker, it took him 15 ballots to win the election, because a handful of members of his own party refused round after round to vote for him. Preventing him from getting majority. And a group of 20 republicans initially voted against mccarthys speakership. Most of them have been endorsed by donald trump, and most of them are election deniers. 14 of them overturned voted to overturn the election in 2021. In order to convince these holdouts to stand down. Mccarthy agreed to a series of concessions, including adding more ultraconservative Freedom Caucus members to the rules committee, which dictates the floor of legislation on the floor of the house. He also agreed to appoint members like Marjorie Taylor greene to leadership positions and crucially, he agreed to lower the required number of members to force a vote ousting the speaker, something is called a motion to vacate the chair, for five members to one. One farright republican can call for a vote to remove mccarthy from his job. So, with that agreement, Kevin Mccarthy put himself in his speakership at the mercy of any one member of the chaos caucus. His job, his power, is at the mercy of, for example, matt gaetz. So theres a lot of suggest that gaetz is exercising that power right now. But before the summer recess, mccarthy said that if the house launched Impeachment Inquiry, he would first hold a vote on whether to proceed. But then on tuesday, gaetz said on the house, for quote, mister speaker, you are out of compliance with the agreement that allowed you to assume this role, and. Quote and by this role, he meant, speaker of the house. Gates later, said quote, the path forward is to either bring you into the immediate, total compliance, or remove you pursuant to a motion to vacate the chair, and quote. Gaetz saying, essentially, do it our way or you are out. Soon after, that mccarthy announced unilaterally that he was opening an Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden. No vote. Matt gaetz called that a baby step, but gaetz is not the only Chaos Caucus Member who might flexing his muscles right now. According to a reporting from the new york times, just two days before mccarthy announced the Impeachment Inquiry, trump had a quiet dinner with the conspiracy theorist, Marjorie Taylor greene. Trump has been pushing the impeachment of joe biden on truth social, and his fundraising emails and texts, and doing his rallies. And for her, part Marjorie Taylor greene said she told trump that she wanted the Impeachment Inquiry to be, quote, long excruciatingly painful for joe biden, and quote. But all of this came to a head on thursday. Mccarthy held a closed door meeting, when the report began with him telling his conference, if you think you scary because you want to file a motion to vacate, move the effing motion, and quote. He said the whole, word apparently. The gop is, right, now in crisis. Radical minority, just about 20, then maybe, more who knows. More under the influence of the quadrupling indicted, twice impeached ex president , appeared to be holding sway over the House Of Representatives and therefore, over what kind of work gets done by congress. And for that, reason we have a doomed Impeachment Inquiry instead of a budget this week. Joining me now is tom, nichols a staff writer for the atlantic and author of the atlantic daily news writer. He is the author of multiple books including our own worst enemy, the assault from within, on modern democracy. Also with, me joe walsh, former republican congressman from illinois, who ran against donald trump for president in 2020. Joe is the host of the white flag with joe walsh podcast. Hes the author of the book, f silence, although it would also include the full word sort of Like Mccarthy use the other day at the meeting. Calling for trump at the common that he is in good morning to both of you. I cannot believe were having this conversation, we are actually having this conversation, gentlemen. Joe walsh, tell me how this plays out. Because there, are lets call it 20 chaos caucus folks. And lets call it 20 republicans who won in districts with joe biden also won who are not just in this inquiry it all lets mean that mccarthy doesnt pasco that mean hes actually giving Matt Gaetz Ellison Satisfaction by having this inquiry . What is this actually mean . Well, ali, let me just first explain where we are. Let me just firs explain where we are man that looks really high. woman it is high. 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Hunter biden was indicted on charges relating to not being honest about drug use when feeling out a gun permit application. What allegedly happened in 2018, before but joe biden became president , some republicans are using this fourpage indictment as a Building Block in a campaign to tied joe biden to allegations of nepotism, corruption, and drifting. Which is kind of rich coming from republicans in the house, particularly when the 175 of them who were around during the Trump Administration. The complaint surrounding trumps family were constant. Really an administration, ivanka trump and her, husband jarred, trump got rules as white house here advisers. Both of them with their salaries, although that wasnt really the issue, as we came to learn. Ivanka trump had swain policymaking, unusual, because she brought not a shredder relevant experience to the job. And for starters, she oversaw hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants. She actually sat in for her father during some meetings at the g20 summit in 2017. She was involved in shaping the 2017 tax reform, law and even assisted in the search for a new president of the world bank. But lacking experience was actually the least of her shortcomings. More importantly, shed already faced allegations of impropriety in business long before her father became president. In 20, 12 ivanka, trump along with her brother, don jr. , were almost indicted by the manhattan d. A. For fraud. That investigation was underway, a trump family attorney reportedly made a 25,000 Dollar Contribution to the then d, a cyrus vance junior,s Reelection Campaign and, poof. That problem seemed to go away. This was revealed in Joint Reporting by the new yorker, propublica, and w and y c. Also in 2012, ivanka let a Trump OrganizationReal Estate Project and authored by john, which seemed to benefit a member of irans revolutionary guard, yet another deal that got a red hot water. For the, back in 2017, she helped broker a Real Estate Development deal in panama. A reuters investigation into that uncovered that she was working in partnership with a broker who was in business with a Money Launderer and to criminals from the former soviet union. But, as i said, all of that was before her dad was president. So, perhaps that Hunter Bidens indictment, it is not relevant. What maybe more relevant is that during the trump presidency, ivanka got a surprising number of paths from china, and surprisingly short order. In the span of two months, in 2018, the Chinese Government granted 18 trademarks two companies linked to President Trump and ivanka trump, bringing the total number of trademarks ivanka was granted that year to 34. And this was also all according to the online database of chinas trademark office. Seven of those trademarks came at the same time as a trump led trade deal with china. But enough about ivanka. What about the kushner side of the family . During the pandemic, a Kushner Family company was elected to build a federal covid19 testing website that never came to fruition, according to reporting from the atlantic. There are other instances of kushner using his office and his connection to trump for his own benefit, but none of it compares with what was wants to come. The real doozy was that time kushners new company, affinity partners, secured a Two Billion Dollar investment from the kingdom of saudi arabias Investment Fund affinity was a brandnew company led by a guy with exactly zero days, not years, days, of Investment Management experience. According to documents obtained by the new york times, the saudi Funds Investment committee expressed grave concerns about making the investment, but Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin salman, you know, the bone saw guy. He overrode those concerns because kushner was not only his charm, but was his direct line to trump, who had previously brushed aside the role that the crown prince is believed by Intelligence Agencies to have played in ordering the killing of the saudi Critic An American Citizen jamal khashoggi. Well kushner hasnt formally been accused of anything, even some republican lawmakers are questioning whether that money was a reward for the work that kushner did during the Trump Administration to advanced saudi interests. There you have it. Years of actual nepotism, evidence of influence peddling, and strong suspicions of quid pro quo. But the thing House Problems are focused on is the biden crime family. Crime family. , but our Network Connects global businesses across nearly 160 markets. Were not a startup, but our Innovation Labs use new technologies to help keep your information secure. Were not architects, but we help build stronger communities. Were not just any bank. We are citi. 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