Republican Florida Senator Marco Rubio has voiced his reservations regarding the idea of impeaching President Joe Biden. However, during an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on July 26, he emphasized that there may be no other option to obtain crucial records and documents that are currently being withheld.
Rubio expressed concern over potential impeachment proceedings against Biden in the House of Representatives, citing his desire to avoid the U.S. mirroring the situation in Peru, where the last seven presidents have faced impeachment. The senator’s comments add to the ongoing discussion surrounding the possibility of impeachment and its implications on the country’s political landscape.
“That said, if you listen very carefully, what the speaker of the House has said is that impeachment proceedings, at this point, is the only process [the House] have from an evidentiary front. To be able to go out and subpoena records and get documents and get information that otherwise is not forthcoming and isn’t being provided, because [government agencies and Hunter Biden are] ignoring congressional subpoenas from the committee level. So that’s what Speaker McCarthy has said, those proceedings will be used,” Rubio told the Fox News host.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called for an impeachment inquiry into Biden July 25 following testimony from two IRS whistleblowers and a former FBI supervisory special agent that alleged Biden was aware and involved in his son’s overseas business deals.
“So now you have the president saying one thing that we’ve proven is not true, you’ve got IRS whistleblowers saying something when it comes to government treating the Biden’s different. You’ve got an informant claiming that the Biden family had been bribed, should you ignore that or you should investigate that? The only way you can investigate that is through an impeachment inquiry so the committee would have the power to get all the documents that they would need,” McCarthy said of the inquiry Tuesday.
“Congress has a responsibility for an investigation… You’ve got to get to the bottom of the truth,” he continued.
