Biden's "impeachment inquiry" is proposed by Kevin McCarthy

On Monday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said there may be an "impeachment inquiry" against Vice President Biden.

Why it matters: Although McCarthy has threatened to impeach Biden's cabinet members, this is the closest he has gone to threatening the president directly.

To prevent a right-wing attempt to convene a House vote on impeaching Biden over his border policy last month, the House speaker went so far as to block it. 

McCarthy asserted during an interview with Fox News that the House's probe into the economic practices of Biden family members is "rising to the level of an impeachment inquiry."

According to McCarthy, an investigation of this nature would provide the House "the strongest power to get the rest of the knowledge and information needed." 

McCarthy accused Biden of "weaponizing government to benefit his family" and compared him to Richard Nixon, citing evidence from IRS whistleblowers to the Oversight Committee that the Justice Department dragged its own in the Hunter Biden investigation.

The opposing side: On Monday, Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte volunteered to make U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who oversaw the investigation against Hunter Biden, available for testimony in a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). 

Any misrepresentations of our work "that could unduly harm public confidence in the impartial administration of justice" are extremely concerning to us, Uriarte stated.

Last month, Attorney General Merrick Garland rejected the whistleblowers' claims that DOJ officials interfered with Weiss's investigation. 

Weiss disputed accusations that he requested and was refused special counsel status to prosecute the Hunter Biden case earlier this month.

The House isn't yet prepared to vote on Biden's impeachment, which is a step that many moderates from swing districts wouldn't support. McCarthy, though, is under intense pressure to go all out from his right side. 

McCarthy would start a protracted investigation by opening one, which many Republicans believe would produce proof to support the case for impeachment. 

Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee are laying out their case for removing Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas in a manner that gives a glimpse of how that procedure might go.