James Comer Backs Off Biden Impeachment Threat In Favor Of ‘Criminal Referrals’

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) backed off of his threat to impeach Joe Biden, now saying he may use the information gathered during the extensive impeachment inquiry for “criminal referrals.”

Comer appeared on Newsmax where anchor Shaun Kraisman asked him about the future of the investigation.

“I’m curious to know what you say to those that push and say, ‘There’s no appetite in the House, and definitely not the Senate, for an impeachment.’ Perhaps there would be criminal referrals moving forward. You’d be met with another barrier, if you will, of a statute of limitations. Meaning, where are you attempting to go at this point, Congressman?”

Comer answered, “Well, I want to hold accountability. That’s what we’ve said all along. We said when we launched this investigation, we want to provide the truth to the American people, and then provide real accountability.”

Comer continued:

So, what does real accountability look like? Does it look like impeaching Joe Biden in the House, and in the Senate tabling it, like they’re going to do with the Merrick Garland impeachment? Or does it mean providing real criminal referrals to the Department of Justice? I think the latter. I would vote to impeach Joe Biden right now.

The impeachment inquiry was meant to give us more tools, to be able to gather more information, to be able to win in court when the Bidens challenged our lawful subpoenas. We’ve done all that. We’ve gotten the information that the Bidens were influence peddling. They never paid a penny of taxes on it. Joe Biden’s lied over a dozen times about who his family was doing business with, and the fact that he did communicate often with these people. So, now we want to hold accountability. And, I believe that the best path to accountability is criminal referrals.

House Republicans have said they’ll invite President Biden to testify before the House Oversight Committee.

Watch the clip above via Newsmax TV.