Will Joe Biden Be Impeached for Bribery?

The topic of discussion for this Constitution Monday concerns possible impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden. Article II, Section 4: “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”

According to an article by Fred Lucas at The Daily Signal, a government whistleblower “made a legally protected disclosure to the office of Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee.” The whistleblower alleges an FBI document – a FD-1023 form – “was created or modified in June 2020, about five months before Biden was elected president.” 

After the disclosure, Representative James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued a subpoena to the FBI to produce the document. The FBI has until Wednesday to produce the document. 

The suggestion was made that the whistleblower went to Grassley because he “has a long history of working with government whistleblowers.” Since Grassley does not have the power to subpoena, he went to Comer who does have the power. The committee members have confidence in the whistleblower, but they will wait until they see the document to see what it contains.

The whistleblower alleges that there was a “scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national related to an ‘exchange of money for policy decisions.’”  Biden may be vindicated, but Americans “will not know unless the FBI promptly releases the subpoenaed information.”

If the document shows the allegation to be true, Biden is guilty of bribery for influencing policy decisions. Sitting Presidents cannot be charged with crimes, so the only recourse left for Congress is to impeach Biden. Bribery is listed in the Constitution as an impeachable offense.