'I’m struggling': GOP rep may vote to impeach Biden — but he 'doesn't think there’s direct evidence'
11 December 2023
US Representative Ken Buck (R-Colorado) announced last month that he would not seek re-election, as he received backlash for criticizing far-right House members' bid to impeach President Joe Biden.
The Republican lawmaker, unlike many of those same far-right colleagues, has repeatedly opposed the idea that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from former President Joe Biden.
CNN's Erin Burnett spoke with Buck about how he plans to vote on his colleagues' impeachment inquiry into Biden if the House Rules Committee decides to move it forward this week. He expressed that he's now torn.
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"Erin, I'm struggling right now, I have to tell you," Buck said. "On the one hand I have come out strongly and so there's no direct evidence linking president Biden into the activities of Hunter Biden. And at the same time, the White House recently sent a letter after these committees issued subpoenas to the White House, the White House sent a letter back and said you haven't held and impeachment inquiry vote yet, and we're not gonna give you any records until you pass an impeachment inquiry. I think that's an absolutely wrong position, and it would delay tactic, which would necessitate Congress going to the courts and having the courts enforce the subpoena. So, I wish the white House wouldn't have done that. I don't think there is direct evidence. I'm struggling, and I want to read the resolution before making a final decision on whether to vote for it or not."
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