China News Network, September 9 According to the US "New York Times" reported on the 14th, anonymous sources revealed that former US President Trump often spoke with congressional Republicans who promoted the impeachment of President Biden, and has been "privately encouraging" Republican lawmakers to impeach Biden.
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According to reports, on the evening of the 10th local time, Trump was exposed to dinner with Republican Congressman Green, a close political ally, at a private golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. At the time, Green raised an issue of great interest to Trump — House Republicans trying to push for Biden's impeachment.
Green confirmed in a phone interview that she had briefed Trump on impeachment tactics. But Green would not disclose Trump's response. The ultimate goal, she said, is to make a "long list" of people who claim they are "complicit in Biden's family crimes." She also said she believed Trump would re-enter the White House in 2024 and wanted to "track down each of them [the long list] and prosecute through the Justice Department."
Just two days after Trump and Green had dinner, on the 12th local time, the speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress and Republican McCarthy announced that he would ask the relevant committees of the House of Representatives to open an impeachment investigation against Biden.
McCarthy said in Congress that the House Oversight and Accountability Committee's investigation of Biden family members found that the Biden family has a "culture of corruption" and may have "abuse of power, obstruction of justice, corruption," etc., so it was "announced that the House committee will formally launch an impeachment investigation against President Biden."
The New York Times pointed out that in fact, Trump has been closely watching the impeachment of House Republicans against Biden over the past few months.
According to an anonymous source close to Trump, Trump regularly speaks with members of the ultra-conservative House "Liberal Caucus" and other congressional Republicans pushing for impeachment, and "Trump encourages such efforts both privately and publicly." ”
The source also revealed that for the past month, Trump has spoken almost weekly with Representative Stefanik of New York, the third largest Republican in the House of Representatives. During the conversation, Stefanik also briefed Trump on impeachment investigation tactics. Trump, for his part, thanked Stefanik for publicly supporting the impeachment inquiry in July.
On the other hand, people familiar with the matter also said that Trump appeared to be more aggressive in pushing several lawmakers to clear his own impeachment record, which could lead Congress to take an unprecedented move to remove the impeachment record about him from the House record.