GOP Senator Says Biden Actions Before He Became President Are Not Impeachable
Published on December 16, 2023
A Republican senator said Dec. 15 that President Joe Biden cannot be impeached for actions he took while he was vice president. GOP senators have communicated to colleagues in the House of Representatives, “give us an airtight case,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), a former congressman, said during an appearance on Newsmax. “We don’t want to play politics with impeaching a president like the Democrats did with Trump. So if they send us a case, make sure it’s convictable. And the bar’s real high, there’s no question about it, it’s got to be a misdemeanor, high crime, or treason, and the other part, it has to be committed while he was in office, the current office he holds,” he added....