House Republicans are pivoting to new lines of attack against the Biden administration after an impeachment inquiry into the president sputtered out. 

Republicans launched the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden last year to expose what House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said were crimes committed by the Biden family. The inquiry has lasted more than six months and included hours of testimony. Still, Republicans have been wary about holding an impeachment vote due to a lack of sufficient evidence of Biden’s alleged criminal activities.  

Now, they are turning to other strategies to derail the Biden administration during a critical election year as pressure mounts on the GOP to yield results. In March, the House Republican committee chairs sent about 50 oversight requests from committees to other departments, including the Justice and Energy departments, a source familiar with the requests told Politico. 

Republicans are also reportedly going after the Biden administration’s energy policies and the origins of COVID-19. 

“Since January 2023, we’ve launched investigations into President Biden’s border crisis, energy crisis, federal pandemic spending, federal agency telework policies, abuse of power at the FTC, the Bidens’ corrupt influence peddling schemes, the federal government’s efforts to combat CCP influence, and more,” Comer said.

Republicans’ attempt to home in on China will specifically spotlight the Biden administration’s open border policies that have allowed China, the largest source of chemicals used to make fentanyl, to smuggle the deadly drug through the U.S.-Mexico border. The Oversight Committee has sent several letters to government agencies, demanding they explain how they are protecting citizens from the Chinese Communist Party, according to the outlet.

Comer assured the investigations would identify problems in addition to finding ways to prevent future fraud, abuse, and mismanagement.

The chairman also said he was considering criminal referrals rather than going the impeachment-vote route, according to an interview with Newsmax, saying, “The best path to accountability is criminal referrals.” Comer also sent fundraising emails that indicated that this would allow the DOJ to prosecute Biden if former President Donald Trump were reelected. 

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Republicans have also directed their efforts to sending the articles of impeachment to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, as well as threatening to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt if he doesn’t turn over the audio recordings of former special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with Biden.

However, the Oversight Committee said an impeachment vote is still an option, per Politico, and some Republicans are still pursuing the strategy, even though Comer has distanced himself from the unlikely prospect.