In the weeks before Kevin McCarthy decided to move forward with an impeachment inquiry against Biden, Trump openly pushed Republicans to do more
New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, who is a member of the Republican leadership, spoke with Trump on Tuesday afternoon and updated him on the just-announced impeachment inquiry, according to two sources.
Former President Donald Trump speaks with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in West Palm Beach, Jan. 14, 2018.McCarthy, who has also faced pressure from hard-line members of his conference to pursue impeachment against Biden, hasn’t commented on whether he’s discussed it with Trump. The White House has pushed back on the inquiry, with press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre saying Wednesday, "What you see Republicans in Congress, they have spent all year investigating the president. That's what they have spent all year doing. And have turned up with no evidence, none, that he did anything wrong."
"I don't want to make impeachment normal in our country," Bacon told ABC News. "So we've had four in total in the history of this country. I've already been in two of them, and so I want to make sure that we do this cautiously and meticulously -- do it right, by the book." Out on the trail, Trump has pledged to investigate Biden and other political opponents, contending that the Justice Department under the Biden administration has pursued him out of partisanship. "Nobody's ever seen anything like it," he said during a rally with the South Dakota Republican Party last week.
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