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ABC News is breaking down all of the layers in the impeachment inquiry ordered by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and what has happened during inquiries in the past. Speaker Kevin McCarthy has announced he was ordering House Republicans to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, alleging a "culture of corruption" involving him and his family. McCarthy had signaled the impeachment inquiry for weeks, but his announcement Tuesday comes at a time when he is facing mounting pressure from GOP hard-liners, who threaten to oust him if he doesn't follow through on a Biden impeachment. While Democrats claim the effort is "extremist," McCarthy claims the move is not political but aimed instead at getting "answers" the American people deserve. MORE: McCarthy orders impeachment inquiry into Biden amid pressure from hard-liners The White House is adamant that the president did nothing wrong, and that there is no evidence to suggest otherwise after an investi...

A Trump-era opinion issued by the Justice Department could become a barrier for House Republicans in their impeachment inquiry against President Biden. A Trump-era opinion issued by the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel is being highlighted as a possible barrier for House Republicans in their impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday directed House committees to move ahead with the inquiry without a House vote. A lack of support among his caucus made it unclear whether he would've had the votes to launch the probe. Now, the Biden administration could focus one part of their legal defense on a 2020 DOJ opinion that took the position that impeachment investigations by the House are invalid without a vote of the full chamber. MORE: McCarthy orders impeachment inquiry into Biden amid pressure from hard-liners "The Constitution vests the 'sole Power of Impeachment' in the House of Representatives ... For precisely that re...

Closing arguments are made in the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The jury of senators has begun deliberations Friday morning following closing arguments in the historic Texas Senate impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton. Closing arguments in the historic Texas Senate impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton began Friday morning with abbreviated remarks from the prosecution’s Rep. Andrew Murr, who led the House impeachment managers’ investigation, and followed by arguments from two of Paxton’s attorneys, Tony Buzbee and Dan Cogdell. After the House impeachment managers’ side finishes their remarks, which they returned to after Paxton’s side spoke, the jury of senators began deliberations, which will be closed to the public. Paxton is being tried on 16 articles of impeachment that allege the attorney general abused his office through an improper relationship with campaign donor and real estate investor, Natin "Nat...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries argued Sunday that House Republicans are in "civil war" amid the Biden impeachment probe and a looming government shutdown House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries argued on Sunday that his Republicans colleagues are "in the middle of a civil war" over the best way forward amid a newly launched impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, an ongoing spending fight and another looming shutdown of the federal government. "Civil war has the following attributes: chaos, dysfunction and extremism. The House Republican civil war is hurting hardworking American taxpayers and limiting our ability to be able to solve problems on their behalf," Jeffries told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. "It's unfortunate. But as House Democrats, we're going to continue to try to find common ground with the other side of the aisle," Jeffries said, adding: "Hopefully the House Republicans will come ...

A closer look at some of the specific allegations levied by House Republicans in their impeachment inquiry against President Biden. House Republicans on Thursday, in their first impeachment inquiry hearing, are set to reexamine information they say they've gathered so far in their investigations into President Joe Biden and his family's business dealings. "House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden's conduct," House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said when ordering the inquiry earlier this month. "These are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction, and corruption." Among their claims, which have yet to be supported by direct evidence, is that President Biden was involved in or personally profited from his family's foreign business dealings, or that he improperly influenced policy based on them during his time as vice president. Here's a closer look at some of the specific allegations levied against Presid...

House Republicans' first impeachment inquiry hearing was dominated by contentious moments between Republicans and Democrats but offered no new evidence. The first hearing of the Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden was dominated by contentious moments between Republicans and Democrats but offered no new evidence. The proceeding, which stretched for more than six hours on Thursday, provided House Republicans the opportunity to lay out the various allegations they've already levied about the Biden family and their Business dealings over the past nine months. Four witnesses were called to testify but none had firsthand knowledge of the claims being made. Instead, they provided legal and financial expertise in response to member questions. Representative Jamie Raskin speaks during a hearing titled "Basis for an Impeachment Inquiry of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.," Sept. 28, 2023, in Washington. Anna Rose Layden/Bloomberg via Getty Images Loomin...