Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) claimed if he were in the House of Representatives, he would vote against an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
Romney appeared on Meet the Press Sunday to offer his take on the additional nine charges against Hunter Biden for tax evasion and filing false returns. Biden’s lawyer has claimed he only faces charges due to his family name, implying the criminal charges are politically motivated.
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“Well, if his name was anything other than Biden, he wouldn’t be able to bilk millions from foreign entities, so let’s start there,” Romney said. “Not only did he take all of this money from foreign entities, trading on his father’s name, which is ugly and unsavory, he then didn’t pay taxes on it according to the prosecutors, and we’ll see if they can prove that case, but if they can, he violated U.S. law and should be severely punished for having done so.”
Still, Romney claims he has yet to see “any evidence” that President Biden is associated with the alleged crimes of his son. When host Kristen Welker asked if he opposes an impeachment inquiry into the president, he said he would vote against the inquiry if he were in the House — unless there was more evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors.
“I think before you begin an impeachment inquiry, you should have some evidence, some inclination that there is wrongdoing, and so far, there’s nothing of that nature that has been provided,” Romney said. “But look, fortunately, for most people, we’re not responsible for the misdeeds of our kids, our grandkids, our great-grandkids — nothing in my family I’m embarrassed about. But President Biden’s son Hunter has obviously been a very unsavory person and 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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Romney previously voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump during his first and second impeachment.
House Republicans anticipate to vote on an impeachment inquiry as they have a slight majority in the House. The chamber has until Dec. 14, when it recesses through the end of the year, to schedule a vote.
