GOP senator says Biden can’t be impeached for pre-presidential actions
by Alexander Bolton - 12/15/23 12:23 PM ET
Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) is warning House Republicans that President Biden could not be impeached and removed from office for any conduct or crimes committed before he was elected president in 2020.
Mullin’s statement in an interview with Newsmax pours cold water on a House GOP investigation into Biden’s family’s business dealings, particularly Hunter Biden’s work with foreign companies, while Biden was vice president during the Obama administration and immediately after.
He warned that any high crime or misdemeanor that may serve as the basis for articles of impeachment “has to be committed while he was in office, the current office he holds.”
“So what he did as vice president, what he did in between the two [offices] may not be impeachable,” he said during an interview on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.”
“If they send us a case, make sure it’s convictable,” Mullin advised. “The bar’s real high, there’s no question about it.”
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4362208-gop-senator-says-biden-cant-be-impeached-for-pre-presidential-actions/
