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Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney has come out against House Republicans’ effort to impeach President Joe Biden, stating that he fails to “see any evidence” that the president’s conduct justifies his impeachment.
During an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Romney, who has long been critical of the GOP’s direction, stated that House Republicans “ought to have some evidence” of wrongdoing before launching an impeachment investigation.
Host Kristen Welker asked: “As you know, House Republicans have signaled that they may vote as early as this week on an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, despite the fact that they haven’t shown, yet, a direct Link between Hunter Biden’s business dealings and President Biden. Have you seen any evidence that President Biden has committed high crimes and misdemeanors?”
“No. I — I — I don’t see any evidence of that at all. I think, before you begin an impeachment inquiry, you ought to have some evidence, some inclination that there’s been wrongdoing. And so far, there’s nothing of that nature that’s been provided,” Romney responded.
“So, are you opposed to the impeachment inquiry?” Welker asked Romney.
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“Well, if I were in the House, I’d vote against it unless they were able to bring forward evidence that suggested there were a high crime or misdemeanor that had been committed. But so far, that hasn’t been the case. Look — look, fortunately for most people, we’re not responsible for the misdeeds of our kids and grandkids and great-grandkids,” Romney said.
He added: “Nothing in my family I’m embarrassed about, but President Trump’s — excuse me, President Biden’s son, Hunter, has obviously been a very unsavory person and has had some extremely damaging personal foibles, including a drug habit and so forth. That’s not President Biden. And we’re not going to impeach someone because of the sins of their kids.”
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The news comes as the GOP-led House will reportedly vote on Thursday to decide whether to formalize an official impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said this week he believes the votes are there to launch one.
“He just told us that … Thursday,” Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) said of Johnson in comments to Reuters after leaving a closed-door meeting with the Republican conference on Monday.
Reuters went on to claim that “House Republicans have so far failed to produce evidence tying Biden’s actions as vice president to his son’s businesses,” which is false, per GOP lawmakers.
In September, during a House Freedom Caucus press conference, an incredulous Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) tore into a reporter who asked what evidence House Republicans had to begin the inquiry.
“What actual evidence do you have as opposed to allegations to show to the American public that would merit an actual impeachment inquiry of Joe Biden and prove that today isn’t just about some of you?” a reporter asked off-camera.
“Oh, I don’t know,” interjected Perry as the reporter went on to suggest Republicans were simply “enacting political revenge” after Democrats impeached then-President Trump.
“This isn’t about political revenge. We have the bank accounts we can see, ma’am. You can see that the homes that the Bidens own can’t be afforded on a congressional or Senate salary. You also understand that it’s not normal for family members to receive millions of dollars from overseas interests,” Perry responded, growing increasingly animated and agitated.
“Those things aren’t normal. That’s not normal. Have 20 shell country companies, these things are not normal. And it alludes to not only just widespread corruption, but money laundering, if not influence peddling itself,” he continued.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the leading Republican on the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, told Just the News last week that “banks filed at least six reports concerning Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings that flagged President Joe Biden’s home address in Delaware and raised concerns about possible criminal activity involving money laundering or human trafficking,” the outlet reported.
