Stefanik: Biden impeachment ‘on the table’ for Saudi oil ask, Hunter biz
By Steven Nelson
October 17, 2022 7:15pm
WASHINGTON — Upstate Rep. Elise Stefanik, the No. 3 House Republican, has said GOP lawmakers could move to impeach President Biden next year after investigating his family’s foreign consulting businesses and his “illegal” request that Saudi Arabia delay oil production cuts until after the Nov. 8 midterm elections.
“When there’s an egregious abuse of power and high crimes and misdemeanors, that means anything is on the table,” Stefanik told The Post Monday, adding that the White House’s admitted request that the Saudi-led OPEC+ cartel delay oil output cuts until after Americans vote was a “very egregious, inappropriate and illegal action by the president.”
“I am very concerned about it, but it doesn’t surprise me. The Democrats are absolutely desperate,” Stefanik said of the request. “It is illegal and it will be taken into consideration.”
Some allies of former President Donald Trump likened Biden’s attempt to pressure the Saudis to Trump’s attempt to pressure Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden’s reported $1 million-per-year job at natural gas company Burisma while Joe Biden led the Obama administration’s Ukraine policy.
House Democrats impeached Trump for doing so in 2019, but he was acquitted by the Senate, where a two-thirds majority is needed to remove a president from office. In both cases, US weaponry allegedly served as leverage.
“Understanding the corruption in New York, I think that’s going to be a big, big asset in having a strong oversight strategy for House Republicans,” Stefanik told The Post.
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