The looming U.S. government shutdown that some hardline Republicans, including Donald Trump, are cheering for could slow one of their other priorities: The recently launched impeachment inquiry of Democratic President Joe Biden.
, are cheering for could slow one of their other priorities: The recently launched impeachment inquiry of Democratic President Joe Biden.on Sept. 12, an escalation after months of probes into Biden's son, Hunter Biden, with the first hearing set for Sept. 28 -- just two days before the shutdown deadline.
But the White House plays by different rules and will likely send home as many employees as possible in a bid to heighten pressure on Congress to act -- and that could include staff who would respond to requests for information, lawmakers said. "If we shut down, all of government shuts it down, investigation and everything else," McCarthy said in an interview with Fox News. A spokesperson for the speaker did not respond to a request for comment.1,100 of 1,800 staff in the Executive Office of the President.is focused on Biden's son Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings. House Republicans alleged that the elder Biden benefited from his son's work but have produced no evidence of that.
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