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I propose to merge Impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden into Efforts to impeach Joe Biden. I think that the content in the first article is about the same exact thing in the Efforts to impeach Joe Biden article, the first one also contains content that is missing in Efforts to impeach Joe Biden article. Aceing_Winter_Snows_Harsh_Cold ( talk) 02:40, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
The merge cannot take place until the Afd has completed.
AfD closed as delete. All usable content is in this page. Nixinova T C 01:09, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
I've tagged this with POV as some of the language and content is clearly skewed against Biden. For example, 'Joe Biden's alleged wrongdoing' (which would be more neutrally worded as something like 'Allegations of misconduct') currently reads The Biden–Ukraine theory is a series of merited claims, directly in contradiction with the (much better sourced) article on the conspiracy, the opening sentence of which is 'The Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory is a series of unevidenced claims centered on the false allegation that.... If I have the time I'll come back and rewrite it, but if someone is able to fix it in the meantime it'd be much appreciated. Cheers, Jr8825 • Talk 13:04, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
I believe that we should change the section title "The impeachment articles" to "Impeachment articles by Marjorie Taylor Greene" I recall, even when there was only a single series of impeachment that had been announced for Trump's second impeachment, we still referred to them by the author's name, rather than simply as "the articles". SecretName101 ( talk) 18:39, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
In the statement "false allegation that while Joe Biden was vice president of the United States, he engaged in corrupt activities relating to the employment of his son Hunter Biden by the Ukrainian gas company Burisma", I recommend that the word FALSE be removed. There is no evidence that the allegation is false. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.190.91.226 ( talk) 14:48, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
I've revamped the page, including a change that somewhat implements this ("effort by MTG") Nixinova T C 02:12, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HSGAC_Finance_Report_FINAL.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.23.245.198 ( talk) 19:38, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
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Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory Further information: Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory The Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory is a series of unevidenced claims centered on the false allegation that while Joe Biden was vice president of the United States, he engaged in corrupt activities relating to the employment of his son Hunter Biden by the Ukrainian gas company Burisma.[1]
First impeachment trial of Donald Trump Main article: First impeachment trial of Donald Trump Further information: Conspiracy theories related to the Trump–Ukraine scandal In February 2020, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst suggested that if Biden were elected, he could be impeached over alleged dealings with Ukraine.[2]
I think this door of impeachable whatever has been opened. ... Joe Biden should be very careful what he's asking for because, you know, we can have a situation where if it should ever be President Biden, that immediately, people, right the day after he would be elected would be saying, 'Well, we’re going to impeach him'.[2]
In Trump's defense during the trial, Florida attorney general Pam Bondi dedicated most of her time discussing the motive behind Trump's actions, citing the unevidenced conspiracy theory involving the Bidens and Burisma, saying, "We would prefer not to be talking about this. But the House managers have placed this squarely at issue, so we must address it." She repeated allegations that Joe Biden had sought the removal of Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Shokin, who was ostensibly investigating the firm that employed Hunter Biden, though this action was in agreement with the foreign policy of the United States and other Western governments towards Ukraine at the time. Bondi did not mention that both Western governments and non-governmental organizations had sought Shokin's removal because they believed he was corrupt and that the Burisma investigation had gone dormant under him.[3] Bondi also falsely asserted that The New York Times reported in 2015 that Shokin was investigating Burisma and its owner.[4]
Inauguration of Joe Biden Main article: Inauguration of Joe Biden On January 13, 2021, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA.) stated that she would file articles of impeachment against Joe Biden alleging abuse of power on January 21, 2021, the day after Biden's inauguration, further stating in an interview that "We cannot have a President of the United States that is willing to abuse the power of the presidency and be easily bought off by foreign governments, Chinese energy companies, Ukrainian energy companies".[5]
On January 20, 2021, Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. Senator Kamala Harris was sworn in as the Vice President of the United States.
The impeachment articles Wikisource has original text related to this article: Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against President Joe Biden Main article: Impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden The six articles of impeachment were filed less than thirty hours into Biden's term. Greene alleged that Joe Biden "will do whatever it takes to bail out his son, Hunter, and line his family's pockets with cash from corrupt foreign energy companies."[6] The articles additionally state that Biden abused his power during his tenure as Vice President of the United States by allowing his son, Hunter Biden, to siphon cash off foreign powers such as Russia and China.[7]
Biden has denied being involved in U.S. foreign policy related to his son's work. A Senate Republican investigation in 2020 found no evidence of wrongdoing, hearing "witness testimony that rebutted those charges"
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Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden for his corrupt actions involving his quid pro quo in Ukraine and his abuse of power by allowing his son, Hunter Biden, to siphon off cash from America’s greatest enemies Russia and China.
Congresswoman Greene released the following statement:
"President Joe Biden is unfit to hold the office of the Presidency. His pattern of abuse of power as President Obama's Vice President is lengthy and disturbing. President Biden has demonstrated that he will do whatever it takes to bail out his son, Hunter, and line his family's pockets with cash from corrupt foreign energy companies.
President Biden is even on tape admitting to a quid pro quo with the Ukrainian government threatening to withhold $1,000,000,000 in foreign aid if they did not do his bidding. President Biden residing in the White House is a threat to national security and he must be immediately impeached."
The case against President Joe Biden is vast and detailed:
Joe Biden abused the power of the Office of the Vice President, enabling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors, by allowing his son to influence the domestic policy of a foreign nation and accept various benefits—including financial compensation—from foreign nationals in exchange for certain favors.
The evidence of widespread knowledge, corruption, and collusion on behalf of the Biden family with foreign nationals is clear and compelling.
As Vice President, Joe Biden was the senior Obama Administration official overseeing anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine. Hence, any illegal activity involving corruption conducted by Hunter Biden within or in relation to Ukraine would fall under the purview of the Office of Vice President Biden and the Obama State Department’s anti-corruption efforts. In fact, many State Department officials within the Obama Administration repeatedly registered reservations about Hunter Biden’s role on the board of a corrupt company. Thus, any instances of corruption on behalf of Hunter Biden via his role as a board member of the Ukrainian-operated Burisma energy firm were intentionally not investigated or covered up.
In 2016, Ukraine’s top anti-corruption prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, had an active and ongoing investigation into Burisma and its owner, Mykola Zlochevsky. At the time, Hunter Biden continued to serve on Burisma’s board of directors. According to news reports, then Vice-President Biden “threatened to withhold $1 billion in United States loan guarantees if Ukraine’s leaders did not dismiss [Shokin].” After that, Ukraine’s Parliament fired Shokin.
During his father’s vice presidency, Hunter Biden built many business relationships with foreign nationals and received millions of dollars from foreign sources, seemingly in exchange for access to his father. The financial transactions which Hunter engaged in illustrates serious counterintelligence and extortion concerns relating to Hunter Biden and his family.
President Biden gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of government. Through blatant nepotism, he enabled his son to influence foreign policy and financially benefit as a result of his role as Vice President. He supported his son engaging in collusion with Chinese Communist party-linked officials. He allowed his son to trade appointments with his father and other high-ranking administration officials in exchange for financial compensation. He permitted his son to take money from Russian oligarchs, including Elena Baturina, the wife of the former mayor of Moscow. 147.71.76.14 ( talk) 22:40, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
I removed the word "The" in the section heading "The Impeachment articles," as well as the definite article at the start of the body paragraph. I believe these to be minor changes, so I went ahead and performed the edits. However, I would also like to respect the invisible comment in the article's source by mentioning the change on this talk page. ― NK1406 talk• contribs 00:34, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
This article should be deleted, or at least merged with Taylor-Greene's. These impeachment efforts fail to meet notability criteria. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.102.13.58 ( talk) 04:29, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
Oppose SRD625 ( talk) 07:12, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
This is about this edit that's been reverted as apparently irrelevant. Sources like these [1] make the link: "Greene's support of Trump continued as the president repeatedly claimed that the election had been stolen from him by Democrats." with the "stop the steal" campaign covered at that overturn article. I suppose that the article prose could make the link instead but have no time to waste on this and will let other editors evaluate. Thanks, — Paleo Neonate – 19:03, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
The article relates to the whole Hunter Biden-Ukraine situation and not the whole fraud hoax. PailSimon ( talk) 20:41, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
Nobody asked, but I’m going to share some thoughts at the moment about when and if other articles on the subject of impeachment can or should be created. I’m very involved in the topic of impeachment on Wikipedia, so I have some thoughts on this and knowledge in the subject area. Obviously, this is just my opinion, and it’s also only my opinion at this moment not knowing what unexpected circumstances might occur. That said, it might help inform someone who is questioning whether to create a draft or article related to any future Biden impeachment developments that may or may not occur.
If this was helpful to anyone, I'm glad. If anyone disagrees or has further thoughts along these lines, feel free to share.
SecretName101 ( talk) 04:45, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
SecretName101 ( talk) 18:22, 24 June 2023 (UTC)Only once it is a mainstream consensus that an impeachment inquiry has been launched will it be appropriate to create such an article. A lone article or two mis-labeling other investigations as an "impeachment inquiry" or a comment by a congressperson (with the exception of the speaker of the house) characterizing an investigation as such does not mean that there is an impeachment inquiry.
There was a full debate and a vote on the subject. The vote totals need to be mentioned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.64.231.109 ( talk) 10:45, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
This needs to be clarified and/or sourced:
"Some political commentators have characterized the desire to impeach Biden as being driven by resentment of many Republicans over the two impeachments of Biden's Republican predecessor, Donald Trump."
"Some" is generally considered to be a weasel word. Also, it's highly speculative. Any partisan political action could be construed as stemming from "resentment" but unless it's been seriously analyzed (and I doubt it has in such a short period of time), it doesn't mean much. 2603:7081:1603:A300:5D2A:5E39:2A96:6A62 ( talk) 00:06, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
Hinting at retribution for the impeachments of Biden's Republican predecessor Donald Trump, Cruz used the phrase-of-speech, "what's good for the goose is good for the gander."
Senator Cornyn also opined that impeachment of presidents was become a routine action, blaming Democrats for their impeachments of Trump, commenting "unfortunately, what goes around, comes around."
SecretName101 ( talk) 05:25, 28 July 2023 (UTC)A number of Republican congresspeople at the time commented that a potential impeachment of Biden would serve as a retaliation for the impeachments of Donald Trump
On August 11, Greg Steube introduced H.Res.652, a resolution to impeach Joe Biden on "high crimes and misdemeanors." There are four articles:
Please teach me how to insert this information into the article under the resolutions introduced in the 118th Congress; I cannot copy and paste text from those articles word-for-word. HarukaAmaranth ( 話) 03:11, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
The redirect Impeachment of Joe Biden has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 October 3 § Impeachment of Joe Biden until a consensus is reached. Utopes ( talk / cont) 06:59, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
The wording of this article comes across as highly opinionated, clearly favoring one of the parties and therefore lacking objectivity. 79.139.131.172 ( talk) 22:53, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
So your opinion is that their opinions are not facts, therefore the lead should say something other than what MOST of the sources are saying? Are you proposing we list each attribution one by one in the lead? How else would we summarize what sources are, in fact, saying "in their opinion"? DN ( talk) 10:01, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
"If you don't think the Cruz article you linked and I used as an example is an opinion piece, I don't think you know what an opinion piece is"If that was the only source for this entire article you might have had a point, but clearly you do not. DN ( talk) 23:14, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
"I don't honestly care if it's changed or not."If that's truly the case I don't see the point in engaging further. At this point your intentions are unclear. Au revoir. DN ( talk) 00:01, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
Just adding some recent news articles and interesting quotes for consideration here.
12/12/2023 ABC News What to know about the House vote to formalize the Biden impeachment inquiry "Moderate Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, who said he'll vote in favor of the impeachment inquiry, was asked Tuesday if a vote to impeach Biden is inevitable if the inquiry is formalized. "I don't think so," he responded. "I may be an outlier on this. I think it's more important to have this information for the elections, let the voters decide," Bacon said. "And I don't know that you're gonna see a high crime or misdemeanor, but I think the voters deserve to know what did the Bidens do."
12/12/2023 The Independent Why do Republicans want to impeach Joe Biden? "In a lengthy document released on Monday 11 September, Mr Raskin noted the failure of Republicans to obtain testimony from any witnesses actually alleging the occurrence of wrongdoing by the president, including from supposed GOP star witness Devon Archer." DN ( talk) 19:36, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
I’m concerned about the tone of doubt over the impeachment inquiries. From what I see, Wikipedia appears to say that there is absolutely no relevant evidence for an impeachment inquiry, which is untrue. I’m worried it would harm the impartiality of Wikipedia if we kept this up. NathanBru ( talk) 19:47, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
The first line says "viewed as retaliation" but this is an opinion as no evidence exist for this statement. 2406:2D40:41C0:D110:B5F6:31A7:9135:2FF2 ( talk) 10:27, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
Changes to the lead like this might be better served with some discussion and hopefully a consensus.
The reasoning behind it states that the bottom paragraph "more neutrally addresses thus"
, making the top part fairly redundant, which is understandable, however, these don't exactly say the same thing. Do sources only refer to a "number of prominent republican lawmakers"? Trump is not a republican lawmaker, yet he is also a proponent of this view.
Instead of reverting per WP:STATUSQUO, for now I will copy edit this portion and add Trump to the portion of the paragraph where it was originally placed in the lead. Hopefully, we can amicably iron out any of the other details without having to start from scratch. Cheers. DN ( talk) 09:25, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
I'm guessing it won't fit here or in the inquiry article soibangla ( talk) 01:44, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi. The page itself is still semi-protected up to this day but there is no Protection Template icon on the top-right corner. What on earth could possibly be a mistake here? 197.240.155.207 ( talk) 17:32, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
How long is this page being protected? Up till now, there still isn't a protection template attached ({{pp-protected}}, {{pp-semi}} or {{pp-vandalism}}). 197.2.108.111 ( talk) 15:19, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Please add citations to make following reputable: "A number of prominent Republican lawmakers, along with Donald Trump and some of his political allies, have indicated the motivation behind efforts to impeach Biden is also driven by resentment over Trump's previous two impeachments." RainbowBambi ( talk) 16:18, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
I heard the Biden impeachment has been filed according to the media, so this article needs to be updated. 69.1.59.248 ( talk) 00:31, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
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I propose to merge Impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden into Efforts to impeach Joe Biden. I think that the content in the first article is about the same exact thing in the Efforts to impeach Joe Biden article, the first one also contains content that is missing in Efforts to impeach Joe Biden article. Aceing_Winter_Snows_Harsh_Cold ( talk) 02:40, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
The merge cannot take place until the Afd has completed.
AfD closed as delete. All usable content is in this page. Nixinova T C 01:09, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
I've tagged this with POV as some of the language and content is clearly skewed against Biden. For example, 'Joe Biden's alleged wrongdoing' (which would be more neutrally worded as something like 'Allegations of misconduct') currently reads The Biden–Ukraine theory is a series of merited claims, directly in contradiction with the (much better sourced) article on the conspiracy, the opening sentence of which is 'The Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory is a series of unevidenced claims centered on the false allegation that.... If I have the time I'll come back and rewrite it, but if someone is able to fix it in the meantime it'd be much appreciated. Cheers, Jr8825 • Talk 13:04, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
I believe that we should change the section title "The impeachment articles" to "Impeachment articles by Marjorie Taylor Greene" I recall, even when there was only a single series of impeachment that had been announced for Trump's second impeachment, we still referred to them by the author's name, rather than simply as "the articles". SecretName101 ( talk) 18:39, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
In the statement "false allegation that while Joe Biden was vice president of the United States, he engaged in corrupt activities relating to the employment of his son Hunter Biden by the Ukrainian gas company Burisma", I recommend that the word FALSE be removed. There is no evidence that the allegation is false. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.190.91.226 ( talk) 14:48, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
I've revamped the page, including a change that somewhat implements this ("effort by MTG") Nixinova T C 02:12, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HSGAC_Finance_Report_FINAL.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.23.245.198 ( talk) 19:38, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
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Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory Further information: Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory The Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory is a series of unevidenced claims centered on the false allegation that while Joe Biden was vice president of the United States, he engaged in corrupt activities relating to the employment of his son Hunter Biden by the Ukrainian gas company Burisma.[1]
First impeachment trial of Donald Trump Main article: First impeachment trial of Donald Trump Further information: Conspiracy theories related to the Trump–Ukraine scandal In February 2020, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst suggested that if Biden were elected, he could be impeached over alleged dealings with Ukraine.[2]
I think this door of impeachable whatever has been opened. ... Joe Biden should be very careful what he's asking for because, you know, we can have a situation where if it should ever be President Biden, that immediately, people, right the day after he would be elected would be saying, 'Well, we’re going to impeach him'.[2]
In Trump's defense during the trial, Florida attorney general Pam Bondi dedicated most of her time discussing the motive behind Trump's actions, citing the unevidenced conspiracy theory involving the Bidens and Burisma, saying, "We would prefer not to be talking about this. But the House managers have placed this squarely at issue, so we must address it." She repeated allegations that Joe Biden had sought the removal of Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Shokin, who was ostensibly investigating the firm that employed Hunter Biden, though this action was in agreement with the foreign policy of the United States and other Western governments towards Ukraine at the time. Bondi did not mention that both Western governments and non-governmental organizations had sought Shokin's removal because they believed he was corrupt and that the Burisma investigation had gone dormant under him.[3] Bondi also falsely asserted that The New York Times reported in 2015 that Shokin was investigating Burisma and its owner.[4]
Inauguration of Joe Biden Main article: Inauguration of Joe Biden On January 13, 2021, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA.) stated that she would file articles of impeachment against Joe Biden alleging abuse of power on January 21, 2021, the day after Biden's inauguration, further stating in an interview that "We cannot have a President of the United States that is willing to abuse the power of the presidency and be easily bought off by foreign governments, Chinese energy companies, Ukrainian energy companies".[5]
On January 20, 2021, Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. Senator Kamala Harris was sworn in as the Vice President of the United States.
The impeachment articles Wikisource has original text related to this article: Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against President Joe Biden Main article: Impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden The six articles of impeachment were filed less than thirty hours into Biden's term. Greene alleged that Joe Biden "will do whatever it takes to bail out his son, Hunter, and line his family's pockets with cash from corrupt foreign energy companies."[6] The articles additionally state that Biden abused his power during his tenure as Vice President of the United States by allowing his son, Hunter Biden, to siphon cash off foreign powers such as Russia and China.[7]
Biden has denied being involved in U.S. foreign policy related to his son's work. A Senate Republican investigation in 2020 found no evidence of wrongdoing, hearing "witness testimony that rebutted those charges"
To
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden for his corrupt actions involving his quid pro quo in Ukraine and his abuse of power by allowing his son, Hunter Biden, to siphon off cash from America’s greatest enemies Russia and China.
Congresswoman Greene released the following statement:
"President Joe Biden is unfit to hold the office of the Presidency. His pattern of abuse of power as President Obama's Vice President is lengthy and disturbing. President Biden has demonstrated that he will do whatever it takes to bail out his son, Hunter, and line his family's pockets with cash from corrupt foreign energy companies.
President Biden is even on tape admitting to a quid pro quo with the Ukrainian government threatening to withhold $1,000,000,000 in foreign aid if they did not do his bidding. President Biden residing in the White House is a threat to national security and he must be immediately impeached."
The case against President Joe Biden is vast and detailed:
Joe Biden abused the power of the Office of the Vice President, enabling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors, by allowing his son to influence the domestic policy of a foreign nation and accept various benefits—including financial compensation—from foreign nationals in exchange for certain favors.
The evidence of widespread knowledge, corruption, and collusion on behalf of the Biden family with foreign nationals is clear and compelling.
As Vice President, Joe Biden was the senior Obama Administration official overseeing anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine. Hence, any illegal activity involving corruption conducted by Hunter Biden within or in relation to Ukraine would fall under the purview of the Office of Vice President Biden and the Obama State Department’s anti-corruption efforts. In fact, many State Department officials within the Obama Administration repeatedly registered reservations about Hunter Biden’s role on the board of a corrupt company. Thus, any instances of corruption on behalf of Hunter Biden via his role as a board member of the Ukrainian-operated Burisma energy firm were intentionally not investigated or covered up.
In 2016, Ukraine’s top anti-corruption prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, had an active and ongoing investigation into Burisma and its owner, Mykola Zlochevsky. At the time, Hunter Biden continued to serve on Burisma’s board of directors. According to news reports, then Vice-President Biden “threatened to withhold $1 billion in United States loan guarantees if Ukraine’s leaders did not dismiss [Shokin].” After that, Ukraine’s Parliament fired Shokin.
During his father’s vice presidency, Hunter Biden built many business relationships with foreign nationals and received millions of dollars from foreign sources, seemingly in exchange for access to his father. The financial transactions which Hunter engaged in illustrates serious counterintelligence and extortion concerns relating to Hunter Biden and his family.
President Biden gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of government. Through blatant nepotism, he enabled his son to influence foreign policy and financially benefit as a result of his role as Vice President. He supported his son engaging in collusion with Chinese Communist party-linked officials. He allowed his son to trade appointments with his father and other high-ranking administration officials in exchange for financial compensation. He permitted his son to take money from Russian oligarchs, including Elena Baturina, the wife of the former mayor of Moscow. 147.71.76.14 ( talk) 22:40, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
I removed the word "The" in the section heading "The Impeachment articles," as well as the definite article at the start of the body paragraph. I believe these to be minor changes, so I went ahead and performed the edits. However, I would also like to respect the invisible comment in the article's source by mentioning the change on this talk page. ― NK1406 talk• contribs 00:34, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
This article should be deleted, or at least merged with Taylor-Greene's. These impeachment efforts fail to meet notability criteria. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.102.13.58 ( talk) 04:29, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
Oppose SRD625 ( talk) 07:12, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
This is about this edit that's been reverted as apparently irrelevant. Sources like these [1] make the link: "Greene's support of Trump continued as the president repeatedly claimed that the election had been stolen from him by Democrats." with the "stop the steal" campaign covered at that overturn article. I suppose that the article prose could make the link instead but have no time to waste on this and will let other editors evaluate. Thanks, — Paleo Neonate – 19:03, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
The article relates to the whole Hunter Biden-Ukraine situation and not the whole fraud hoax. PailSimon ( talk) 20:41, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
Nobody asked, but I’m going to share some thoughts at the moment about when and if other articles on the subject of impeachment can or should be created. I’m very involved in the topic of impeachment on Wikipedia, so I have some thoughts on this and knowledge in the subject area. Obviously, this is just my opinion, and it’s also only my opinion at this moment not knowing what unexpected circumstances might occur. That said, it might help inform someone who is questioning whether to create a draft or article related to any future Biden impeachment developments that may or may not occur.
If this was helpful to anyone, I'm glad. If anyone disagrees or has further thoughts along these lines, feel free to share.
SecretName101 ( talk) 04:45, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
SecretName101 ( talk) 18:22, 24 June 2023 (UTC)Only once it is a mainstream consensus that an impeachment inquiry has been launched will it be appropriate to create such an article. A lone article or two mis-labeling other investigations as an "impeachment inquiry" or a comment by a congressperson (with the exception of the speaker of the house) characterizing an investigation as such does not mean that there is an impeachment inquiry.
There was a full debate and a vote on the subject. The vote totals need to be mentioned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.64.231.109 ( talk) 10:45, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
This needs to be clarified and/or sourced:
"Some political commentators have characterized the desire to impeach Biden as being driven by resentment of many Republicans over the two impeachments of Biden's Republican predecessor, Donald Trump."
"Some" is generally considered to be a weasel word. Also, it's highly speculative. Any partisan political action could be construed as stemming from "resentment" but unless it's been seriously analyzed (and I doubt it has in such a short period of time), it doesn't mean much. 2603:7081:1603:A300:5D2A:5E39:2A96:6A62 ( talk) 00:06, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
Hinting at retribution for the impeachments of Biden's Republican predecessor Donald Trump, Cruz used the phrase-of-speech, "what's good for the goose is good for the gander."
Senator Cornyn also opined that impeachment of presidents was become a routine action, blaming Democrats for their impeachments of Trump, commenting "unfortunately, what goes around, comes around."
SecretName101 ( talk) 05:25, 28 July 2023 (UTC)A number of Republican congresspeople at the time commented that a potential impeachment of Biden would serve as a retaliation for the impeachments of Donald Trump
On August 11, Greg Steube introduced H.Res.652, a resolution to impeach Joe Biden on "high crimes and misdemeanors." There are four articles:
Please teach me how to insert this information into the article under the resolutions introduced in the 118th Congress; I cannot copy and paste text from those articles word-for-word. HarukaAmaranth ( 話) 03:11, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
The redirect Impeachment of Joe Biden has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 October 3 § Impeachment of Joe Biden until a consensus is reached. Utopes ( talk / cont) 06:59, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
The wording of this article comes across as highly opinionated, clearly favoring one of the parties and therefore lacking objectivity. 79.139.131.172 ( talk) 22:53, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
So your opinion is that their opinions are not facts, therefore the lead should say something other than what MOST of the sources are saying? Are you proposing we list each attribution one by one in the lead? How else would we summarize what sources are, in fact, saying "in their opinion"? DN ( talk) 10:01, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
"If you don't think the Cruz article you linked and I used as an example is an opinion piece, I don't think you know what an opinion piece is"If that was the only source for this entire article you might have had a point, but clearly you do not. DN ( talk) 23:14, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
"I don't honestly care if it's changed or not."If that's truly the case I don't see the point in engaging further. At this point your intentions are unclear. Au revoir. DN ( talk) 00:01, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
Just adding some recent news articles and interesting quotes for consideration here.
12/12/2023 ABC News What to know about the House vote to formalize the Biden impeachment inquiry "Moderate Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, who said he'll vote in favor of the impeachment inquiry, was asked Tuesday if a vote to impeach Biden is inevitable if the inquiry is formalized. "I don't think so," he responded. "I may be an outlier on this. I think it's more important to have this information for the elections, let the voters decide," Bacon said. "And I don't know that you're gonna see a high crime or misdemeanor, but I think the voters deserve to know what did the Bidens do."
12/12/2023 The Independent Why do Republicans want to impeach Joe Biden? "In a lengthy document released on Monday 11 September, Mr Raskin noted the failure of Republicans to obtain testimony from any witnesses actually alleging the occurrence of wrongdoing by the president, including from supposed GOP star witness Devon Archer." DN ( talk) 19:36, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
I’m concerned about the tone of doubt over the impeachment inquiries. From what I see, Wikipedia appears to say that there is absolutely no relevant evidence for an impeachment inquiry, which is untrue. I’m worried it would harm the impartiality of Wikipedia if we kept this up. NathanBru ( talk) 19:47, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
The first line says "viewed as retaliation" but this is an opinion as no evidence exist for this statement. 2406:2D40:41C0:D110:B5F6:31A7:9135:2FF2 ( talk) 10:27, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
Changes to the lead like this might be better served with some discussion and hopefully a consensus.
The reasoning behind it states that the bottom paragraph "more neutrally addresses thus"
, making the top part fairly redundant, which is understandable, however, these don't exactly say the same thing. Do sources only refer to a "number of prominent republican lawmakers"? Trump is not a republican lawmaker, yet he is also a proponent of this view.
Instead of reverting per WP:STATUSQUO, for now I will copy edit this portion and add Trump to the portion of the paragraph where it was originally placed in the lead. Hopefully, we can amicably iron out any of the other details without having to start from scratch. Cheers. DN ( talk) 09:25, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
I'm guessing it won't fit here or in the inquiry article soibangla ( talk) 01:44, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi. The page itself is still semi-protected up to this day but there is no Protection Template icon on the top-right corner. What on earth could possibly be a mistake here? 197.240.155.207 ( talk) 17:32, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
How long is this page being protected? Up till now, there still isn't a protection template attached ({{pp-protected}}, {{pp-semi}} or {{pp-vandalism}}). 197.2.108.111 ( talk) 15:19, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Please add citations to make following reputable: "A number of prominent Republican lawmakers, along with Donald Trump and some of his political allies, have indicated the motivation behind efforts to impeach Biden is also driven by resentment over Trump's previous two impeachments." RainbowBambi ( talk) 16:18, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
I heard the Biden impeachment has been filed according to the media, so this article needs to be updated. 69.1.59.248 ( talk) 00:31, 11 May 2024 (UTC)