Donald Trump argued what we already know: Republicans\u2019 baseless impeachment inquiry is motivated by politics and revenge. Trump\u2019s admission comes after he had been telling his allies in the House to use the same debunked conspiracy theories to pursue their political stunts in an effort to help Trump\u2019s presidential campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump suggested that House Republicans are pursuing their impeachment sham as payback for his own impeachments.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump<\/a>: \u201cI think had they not done it to me \u2014 and I\u2019m very popular, they like me and I like them, the Republican Party \u2014 perhaps you wouldn\u2019t have it being done to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kate Sullivan, CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump suggests Biden wouldn\u2019t be facing an impeachment inquiry if he hadn\u2019t been impeached.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump was actively involved in Tuesday\u2019s decision by Speaker-in-name-only Kevin McCarthy to ramp up the House GOP\u2019s political games.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n New York Times<\/a>: \u201cTrump Has Been Privately Encouraging G.O.P. Lawmakers to Impeach Biden\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Politico<\/a>: \u201cTrump privately discussed Biden impeachment with House GOPers\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Hill<\/a>: \u201cTrump speaks with Stefanik as GOP moves forward with Biden impeachment inquiry\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Politico<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump has been weighing in behind the scenes in support of the House GOP push to impeach President Joe Biden, including talking with a member of leadership in the lead up to Tuesday\u2019s announcement authorizing a formal impeachment inquiry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Politico<\/a>: \u201cOn Sunday night, Trump had dinner at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), an ally of Trump and McCarthy. At the gathering, the topic of impeachment was discussed, according to a person familiar with the conversation who spoke on condition of anonymity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n New York Times<\/a>: \u201cOver the past several months, Mr. Trump has kept a close watch on House Republicans\u2019 momentum toward impeaching Mr. Biden. Mr. Trump has talked regularly by phone with members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus and other congressional Republicans who pushed for impeachment, according to a person close to Mr. Trump who was not authorized to publicly discuss the conversations. Mr. Trump has encouraged the effort both privately and publicly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cNew York Times reporter Maggie Haberman suggested Donald Trump was a driving force behind House Republicans\u2019 newly-launched impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. \u2018He is certainly somebody who supports it, is behind it, has been talking about it,\u2019 Haberman told CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday, noting that Trump has been discussing the subject both publicly and behind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaker-in-name-only Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans are exacting political revenge after Trump told them to do so, and McCarthy is even fundraising off this political stunt.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Melanie Zanona, CNN<\/a>: \u201cMeanwhile.. Trump\u2019s patience with Republicans is starting to wear thin: Yesterday, he complained on Truth Social that the House GOP isn\u2019t moving fast enough on a Biden impeachment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Either IMPEACH the BUM, or fade into OBLIVION,\u2019 he wrote.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s a political escalation, urged on by Trump, after his own two impeachments. \u2026 Now, as the Republican party\u2019s frontrunner for the nomination to take on Biden in 2024, Trump has long seethed over his impeachments at the hands of House Democrats. McCarthy has suggested the Trump impeachments could be expunged, as proposed by Stefanik and Greene. But Trump wants Biden to face similar impeachment charges.\u201d Donald Trump argued what we already know: Republicans\u2019 baseless impeachment inquiry is motivated by politics and revenge. Trump\u2019s admission comes after he had been telling his allies in the House to use the same debunked conspiracy theories to pursue their political stunts in an effort to help Trump\u2019s presidential campaign. Trump suggested that House Republicans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1025726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Sahil Kapur, NBC News<\/a>: \u201cSpeaker McCarthy floats an \u2018impeachment inquiry\u2019 into President Biden in a text message to supporters, mentioning unproven allegations and adding a link to give money to his political operation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"