House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) detailed four "facts" at the "heart" of the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, the latest move in the House GOP's investigations into Biden's family.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced on Tuesday that Republicans would open an impeachment inquiry into Biden as the "logical next step" in their investigations into allegations of influence peddling by the Biden family. The inquiry will be led jointly by Jordan and Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Jason Smith (R-MO), chairmen of the Oversight Committee and Ways and Means Committee, respectively.

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Jordan said in a Wednesday morning interview with Fox News that four key details helped paint what McCarthy described as "a picture of corruption."

"The first is Hunter Biden was put on the Burisma board. Second, he was put on that board with no qualifications. Third, Burisma asked him, 'Can you weigh in with D.C. to relieve the pressure we're under from the prosecutor here in Ukraine?' And fourth, Joe Biden did just that," Jordan said.

The Ohio congressman said Joe Biden "leveraged our tax money" to get a Ukrainian prosecutor fired from the investigation into the Burisma company. One of the allegations against Joe Biden accuses him of accepting a $5 million bribe to help remove the prosecutor. An FD-1023 form documented an unverified tip about the alleged bribe to the FBI, but the agency has not corroborated the tip.

The Ukrainian prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, claimed Joe Biden pressured the government to remove him from the investigation in a Fox News interview in late August. The White House said in a statement to the Washington Examiner that the "false claims" had been debunked for years and would "remain false" no matter how much they are spoken about.

Still, House GOP leaders believe there is enough evidence to move forward with an impeachment inquiry.

"That is what is central to this case, and then you got all the other facts surrounding it — the emails, the dinners, the phone calls, the meetings, the 5,000 times he used the pseudonym, and all that stuff," Jordan said. "But those four central facts are really what this is about, and that's why the speaker has said we're moving to this phase of our constitutional duty to do oversight of the executive branch."

Rank-and-file Republicans had pressed the House speaker to greenlight the impeachment inquiry, with some even threatening to strip McCarthy of his leadership position if he did not comply. The inquiry can either help or hurt McCarthy, particularly as the House needs to pass all 12 appropriations bills before the government runs out of funding on Sept. 30.

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McCarthy's support of the impeachment inquiry will likely earn him points with the House Freedom Caucus, whose members have been vocal in demanding overall spending cuts, border security funding, and other policy changes in exchange for their votes.

However, it is likely to alienate centrist Republicans who have been skeptical of such a move, such as Reps. Ken Buck (R-CO) and Don Bacon (R-NE). McCarthy can only afford to lose four votes on the appropriations bills if he hopes to pass all 12 before funding expires on Sept. 30 due to Republicans' slim majority.