The White House sent out a plea to journalists asking for assistance in fending off the House impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.
Ian Sams, a White House spokesman, issued a memo to editorial leadership at U.S. news organizations that insisted the time has come for the “media to ramp up its scrutiny of House Republicans for opening an impeachment inquiry based on lies.”
The memo argues that House Republicans “haven’t been able to turn up any evidence of the President doing anything wrong” and lists some comments from GOP officials expressing skepticism about the impeachment endeavor.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced the formal impeachment inquiry against Biden on Tuesday, noting that Republicans have uncovered “serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct — a culture of corruption.”
In a follow-up letter to colleagues, McCarthy outlined the various pieces of evidence GOP investigators have gathered over the past several months…