House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) suggested on Sunday that he would push his party to move forward with an "official" impeachment of President Joe Biden.
October 29, 2023

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) suggested on Sunday that he would push his party to move forward with an "official" impeachment of President Joe Biden.

"Will an impeachment inquiry turn into an official impeachment?" Fox News host Maria Bartiromo asked Johnson on Sunday.

"We'll see, Maria, you know, I worked on the committees of jurisdiction, a judiciary is one of those. I think our chairmen have done an exceptional job."

Johnson said he was "encouraging" the work of Chairmans James Comer (R-KY) and Jim Jordan (R-OH).

"I think we have a constitutional responsibility to follow this truth where it leads," he continued. "We're the rule of law team. We don't use this for political partisan games like the Democrats have done and did against Donald Trump twice. We are going to follow the law and follow the Constitution.

"And I think we — you and I — have a suspicion of where that may lead, but we're going to let the evidence speak for itself," he added.

Bartiromo wondered if the president's son, Hunter, should be subpoenaed.

"I'm looking at that, you know, I think that desperate times call for desperate measures and that perhaps is overdue," Johnson remarked.

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