House Republicans’ growing desire to impeach Biden has already hit a snag. There is no consensus on who to target.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., threw this week his support behind an impeachment investigation into Attorney General Merrick G. Garland. This came only days after the GOP conference fought internally over a Resolution from Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.), to impeach president Biden.

The announcement of a possible Biden Impeachment followed the announcement by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R – Tennessee) that his panel would begin the formal investigation needed to move forward with an impeachment enquiry.

Since the GOP took over the House, most of the impeachment efforts have been focused on Mayorkas. Disagreements about the border fueled several impeachment measures in the weeks following lawmakers’ inauguration.

The GOP is furious at Garland because of new allegations about the Justice Department handling the Hunter Biden investigation. McCarthy’s shocking statement this week was prompted by the second issue.

McCarthy tweeted: “If the allegations of whistleblowers are true, it will be an important part of a larger investigation into Merrick Garland weaponizing DOJ.”

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, sponsored five of the 11 impeachment motions that were introduced in May and June. Greene is also targeting FBI Director Christopher Wray, as well as Matthew Graves, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

McCarthy had, up until recently in many ways, slowed down some of the loudest impeachment supporters within the conference.

He has repeatedly stated that impeachment cannot be viewed as a political effort and said, just last Friday, that any efforts “must reach the constitutional level” of impeachment.

Mayorkas is targeted first

McCarthy, in a border trip late last year that was widely believed to be an impending warning shot from the Republicans to impeach Mayorkas instead called for the resignation of the secretary and indicated any plans to oust her would be part a long process.

McCarthy stated in November that if Secretary Mayorkas did not resign the House Republicans would investigate. Every order, action, and failure will determine if we can start an impeachment investigation.

He faces impatience among the far-right members, who hope to play a key role in any efforts at impeachment, which will quickly consume the political air in Washington and command national media attention.

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., who introduced the first Mayorkas impeachment resolution last season but has trailed a similar bill this year said that it is not clear when or whose name will be on such a measure.

“I presented mine first — then I repeated it. I’ve probably irritated the leadership too much to let mine be the vehicle. “But I still believe mine is the most comprehensive,” said he.

I don’t know whether we’ll try to introduce a new bill or just amend the current one. I think more and more people have started to see the need to impeach this guy.

Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, who introduced the first Mayorkas articles of impeachment this year would also like to get involved.

“I’m the first to arrive, but it doesn’t matter.” He said, “You know, success is the result of 1,000 fathers.”

“I would like to be the leader of this effort but if that’s not possible, I am perfectly happy with being a lieutenant.” We are supposed to work as a team, all 222 of us. I think that he should be replaced.

Biden draws attention to border issues

Boebert’s resolution has complicated the Mayorkas bills. House Republicans voted for a referral to both the House Homeland Security Committee and House Judiciary to be considered.

Green, who has been focused solely on Mayorkas since the beginning of this month, laid out a five phase plan for an investigation. These findings will be presented to the leaders of Judiciary Committee led by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio who will then decide what to do.

Democrats dismiss Boebert’s plan, which is similar to those focused on Mayorkas. They say it’s a way of removing someone from office because they disagree with their policy, rather than for serious crimes or misdemeanors.

This also signals a change in focus for the House Homeland Security Committee. It must now include Biden as part of an investigation which had previously been centered on the DHS’s specific border policies.

“We launched this five-phased investigation to dig into what I consider Mayorkas’s failings. Just a week back, we began the phase of ‘dereliction’. Green told The Hill that we have had a hearing in a committee, two hearings in subcommittees, and we are doing our transcriptions of interviews with the chiefs of each sector.

The House has asked us to include Biden’s actions in the things that we are looking into. “We’ll definitely do that.”

Boebert’s Resolution is only one of five that pertain to Biden. It’s unclear how fast, or if it will advance at all.

Boebert, a reporter last week, said: “I hope it will be this year – and very soon.”

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La. Mayorkas was also impeached by a member of the House who has a similar resolution.

He said, “I think they should be subjected to a thorough and vigorous debate in the committees that have been assigned.”

The founders set the highest thresholds to impeachment and intended that it would be nearly impossible to impeach an president, and extremely difficult to impeach secretary.

Hunter Biden’s Case Takes Over

Recent news of Hunter Biden’s plea agreement in relation to an investigation into his failures to pay taxes has taken precedence over the border issues which would be used as the basis to impeach either Mayorkas, or Biden.

The GOP’s main concern is the whistleblower complaint filed to the House Ways and Means Committee by IRS investigator Gary Shapley, who claimed that the investigation had been slowed down by the U.S. attorney David Weiss. Weiss was a Trump appointee, assigned to this case under the previous president.

Shapley stated that Weiss’s office told them they couldn’t bring charges in D.C. where he believed the strongest case would be.