Speaker Mike Johnson plans to move ahead with a formal vote for the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, arguing that the move is necessary because the White House has “stonewalled” investigators.
Speaker Mike Johnson plans to move ahead with a formal vote for the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, arguing that the move is necessary because the White House has “stonewalled” investigators.
Mr. Johnson, flanked by House Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, accused the White House of blocking up to three Justice Department witnesses from testifying to House investigators and withholding thousands of pages of evidence.
“It’s become a necessary step,” Mr. Johnson told the hosts of “Fox & Friends.” “Elise and I both served on the impeachment defense team of Donald Trump twice when the Democrats used it for brazen, partisan political purposes. We decried that use of it. This is very different. Remember, we are the rule of law team. We have to do it very methodically.”
The White House has contended that the GOP’s impeachment inquiry has turned up no wrongdoing and deemed the probe as illegitimate until officially authorized by a floor vote.
