Biden Flip-Flops On Complying With Senate Impeachment Subpoena
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From the Right
Biden Makes a Really Pathetic Attempt to Explain Why He Won't Testify in an Impeachment TrialFormer Vice President Joe Biden on Friday told the Des Moines Register editorial board that he would not testify in a Senate impeachment trial against President Donald Trump.
"The reason I wouldn't is because it's all designed to deal with Trump doing what he's done his whole life, trying to take the focus off him. The issue is not what I did, not a single person, not one, not a single person, even that thug Guiliani and his (inaudible) compatriots, have said I did anything other than my job,"...
From the Center
Biden Lays Out His Objections to Impeachment Subpoena DemandIOWA CITY, Iowa—Former Vice President Joe Biden pushed back against suggestions he should testify before President Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate, saying the process “is about Trump’s conduct, not mine.”
Mr. Biden, in a series of tweets on Saturday, explained why he planned to refuse to comply with a subpoena if Republicans in the Senate seek his testimony during the upcoming impeachment trial. He said during his lengthy career in the Senate and as vice president that he had “always complied with a lawful order” and “cooperated with legitimate...
From the Left
Biden Reverses Course: “I Would Obey Any Subpoena That Was Sent to Me”Former Vice President Joe Biden backtracked on his earlier position that he would not comply with a congressional subpoena to testify in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. On Saturday evening, he gave the clearest answer on the issue at a town hall in Fairfield, Iowa by seemingly changing his mind on something he had declared earlier in the day. “Well, first of all, I would obey any subpoena that was sent to me,” he said in answer to a question from an audience member on the issue. “But the point...
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