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The core question this impeachment process is raising isnt What did Donald Trump do? The hearings have filled in important details and added confirming witnesses, but the story is largely the one weve known since the White House released the call record.

Instead, the core question the hearings are raising is: What will Republicans accept and defend? The answer, at least judging by the arguments of Reps. Devin Nunes and Jim Jordan, is chilling.

On this weeks episode of Impeachment, Explained, Andrew Prokop joins me to analyze the first, and perhaps only, week of public impeachment inquiry. Then, Thomas Mann, co-author of Its Even Worse Than It Looks joins me to discuss how the Republican Party became the institution on display in this process.

Ive heard from listeners who enjoy this podcast, but wish it could be more balanced. I wish it could be more balanced, too. But to pretend that an imbalanced system is balanced is a poisonous form of bias. This episode is about seeing whats right in front of our eyes, and taking seriously what it means for our future.

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Activist groups are sending mobile billboard trucks to follow a handful of House Republicans home for Thanksgiving with a message: Defend democracy.

Progressive groups MoveOn and Need to Impeach commissioned the billboard trucks to visit eight districts across seven states from Monday through Wednesday. The eight targeted Republicans include either retiring members, members who have split from President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump puts Kushner in charge of overseeing border wall construction: report Trump 2020 national spokesperson gives birth to daughter New McCarthy ad praising Trump includes Russian stock footage MORE in the past, or vulnerable members in more moderate districts.

The billboards, which comes as Congress concludes its second week of public hearings on impeachment, demand that these members of Congress stop covering for Donald Trumps abuses of power, in which he pressured a foreign government to interfere in a U.S. election to advance his own political interests, undermined state and local elections, interfered with national security, and got caught trying to cover it all up, the groups said in a joint announcement.

A truck targeting Rep. Elise StefanikElise Marie StefanikBillboards calling on House Republicans to 'do their job' follow members home for Thanksgiving The Hill's Morning Report Bloomberg is in; independents sour on impeachment Rising GOP star thrust into spotlight with Trump defense MORE (R-N.Y.), who emerged as a staunch Trump defender during the public impeachment hearings, kicked off its tour of the upstate New York district Monday in Glenn Falls.

56% of Americans believe Donald Trump should be impeached. Were in @RepStefaniks district to demand she listen to the American people and #ImpeachAndRemove Trump! pic.twitter.com/bkn5CTc1uL

An image shared with The Hill by the groups shows a truck with Stefanik and Trumps faces, side by side. It reads Donald Trump Committed bribery. ... Tell Rep. Stefanik: Defend democracy. Impeach Trump. The group also launched an ad calling on Stefanik to honor her oath and defend our Constitution.

The other trucks are the same, swapping out the member's name and image next toTrumps with the shared message.

Other targeted Republicans are Reps. Brian FitzpatrickBrian K. FitzpatrickBillboards calling on House Republicans to 'do their job' follow members home for Thanksgiving Mark Ruffalo brings fight against 'forever chemicals' to Capitol Hill Hillicon Valley: Critics press feds to block Google, Fitbit deal | Twitter takes down Hamas, Hezbollah-linked accounts | TikTok looks to join online anti-terrorism effort | Apple pledges .5B to affordable housing MORE (Pa.), Scott PerryScott Gordon PerryBillboards calling on House Republicans to 'do their job' follow members home for Thanksgiving Yovanovitch impeachment testimony gives burst of momentum to Democrats House Republicans prepare for public impeachment proceedings with mock hearing MORE (Pa.), Mark AmodeiMark Eugene AmodeiBillboards calling on House Republicans to 'do their job' follow members home for Thanksgiving Trump's defenders are running out of options Avoiding the snake in the grass: Let's not allow impeachment to divide us MORE (Nev.), Francis RooneyLaurence (Francis) Francis RooneyBillboards calling on House Republicans to 'do their job' follow members home for Thanksgiving How House Republicans have stayed unified on impeachment Bipartisan Senate climate caucus grows by six members MORE (Fla.), Will HurdWilliam Ballard HurdDavis: Congressman Will Hurd, If not now, when? Billboards calling on House Republicans to 'do their job' follow members home for Thanksgiving Democrats set to open new chapter in impeachment MORE (Texas) and Chip RoyCharles (Chip) Eugene RoyBillboards calling on House Republicans to 'do their job' follow members home for Thanksgiving Senate approves stopgap bill to prevent shutdown Senate scraps plan to force second stopgap vote ahead of shutdown MORE (Texas).

Stefanik, first elected in 2014, represents a district Trump carried by 13.7 points. She was praised by Trump and Republican leaders for her performance during the impeachment hearings, but since then her Democratic opponent Tedra Cobb boasted bringing in more than $1 million in campaign donations.

Hurd has announced he will not be seeking reelection. His vacated seat in Texas and Perrys seat in Pennsylvania represent two districts that The Cook Political Report ranks as a toss up in 2020. Fitzpatrick and Roys races are ranked lean Republican.

Rooney has also announced he is not seeking reelection.

Amodei was reported to be the first Republican to back impeachment in September, but he later clarified and said he supports the oversight process but that did not mean he backed impeachment.

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Trumps own statements and policies are the strongest argument that his vision aligns with that of white nationalists. One wonders how, precisely, someone like Charlie Kirk could have answered a question posed by Fuentes in his channel: Why does the president prefer immigrants from Norway vs. Haiti?

While the litany of Trumps acts cozying up to and encouraging a once-fringe white nationalist element is long, its worth considering the architect of the immigration policies that establishment Republicans like Dan Crenshaw champion. An ongoing series of articles by the Southern Poverty Law Centers Michael E. Hayden, drawing on some 900 e-mails sent by Trump's senior policy adviser Stephen Miller to former Breitbart editor Katie McHugh, have laid out precisely the ideological affiliations of the administrations immigration czar. From championing the Confederate flag to repeatedly linking to openly white nationalist sites like VDARE and American Renaissance, Miller stridently embraced the tenets of white supremacy; and like the Fuentes faction, he also advocated a complete cessation of legal immigration of any kind. There should be no immigration for several years. Not just cut the number down from the current 1 million green cards per year. For assimilation purposes, he wrote to McHugh.

Millers e-mails show a familiarity withand advocacy ofthe great replacement conspiracy theory, which posits a plot by elites to replace the white population of America and Europe with nonwhite immigrants. Miller stops short of embracing a crucial tenet of great replacement theory embraced by most of the white nationalist right: that this replacement is being orchestrated by Jews. (That precise theorem is what motivated the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter to murder eleven Jews almost exactly a year ago.) Perhaps this is because Miller is Jewish, a fact that the White House has belabored in its increasingly mendacious defenses of the staffer, going so far as to accuse the Southern Poverty Law Center of an anti-Semitic campaign.

But it is impossible to advocate for white nationalism, as Miller has throughout his career in politics, without simultaneously elevating anti-Semitism. For most white nationalists, anti-Semitism is a non-negotiable raison dtre for the movement, the unified field theory that ties a bigoted worldview together. In their minds, nonwhite people are too ignorant and barbaric to organize the kind of demographic coup the great replacement theory lays out; instead, they assert again and again, it has been orchestrated by cunning Jews, pulling the marionette strings of mass migration and advocating for interracial marriage. The sites, forums, and chats that advocate for an end to legal immigrationand that push the false theory that demographic change amounts to white genocideare places that praise Hitler and traffic in the ugliest of anti-Semitic sentiments. This is why an administration awash in anti-immigrant sentiment, slashing rights for asylees and refugees, governed during the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the deadliest pogrom in American history. It is not a coincidence. It never was.

None of the Republican figures so quick to disavow Fuentes did the same for Miller; indeed, there has been a profound, impenetrable closing of the ranks around him on the right. The chief difference at play is that Miller advocates from the White House for the end of legal immigration, while the insurgent faction does so on messaging apps, and while lined up in the audience section at events, like plebes. Its difficult to avoid the conclusion that the differences are not primarily ideological; principally, they are about an aversion to heckling.

The sudden, awkward repudiation of white nationalism by conservative ideologues subjected to its unruly minions may be comical, but it is a small part of the story of a national plague. Begrimed in the filth of racist invective and nativist sentiment, which groups like TPUSA have eagerly whipped up in their own right with a constant stream of culture-war content, the Republican establishment finds itself unable to ward off the forces they have unleashed. Its akin to someone who starves a dog intentionally; lets it terrorize a neighborhood, maiming and wounding all who come close to it; and then reacts in horror and surprise when at last the wretched cur turns on them.

There are tens of thousands of children who have been separated from their families by Stephen Millers policies; there are dozens of dead, murdered in an El Paso Walmart and a Pittsburgh synagogue and a Charlottesville street and by inadequate medical care in migration facilities. Through these years, as ethnic minorities and Jews and feminists and trans people and gay people have sounded out the alarm bells, the mainstream GOP laughed. They turned a profit on triggering the libs; they called opposition to the tide of rising white nationalism Trump Derangement Syndrome. Only when the hound turned on them, its jaws red and insatiable, did they at last begin to cry out in alarm about the danger the rest of us have known for years.

Talia Lavin is a writer based in Brooklyn. Her first book, Culture Warlords, is forthcoming in 2020 from Hachette Books.

What do you do when you hear that Mike Tyson is opening a weed resort in the middle of the California desert? You go investigate.

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Again, this is unseemly but not unusual. Eric Cantor did not become the vice chairman of investment bank Moelis & Company because of his proficiency in giving sage investment advice. Chris Dodd was not named the chairman of the Motion Picture Academy of America because of his facility with filmic mise-en-scne. Billy Tauzin did not become the head of PhRMA because he had innovative ideas on how to run effective double-blind clinical trials. These well-connected politicians received these well-compensated sinecures because they possessed the very same skills that Hunter Biden brought to Burisma and nothing more. The vast majority of House members currently waving their arms and frantically shouting, How, oh how, did Hunter Biden manage this feat? How did this happen? fully plan to feather their nests in the exact same way once their careers in electoral politics are over. Its hard to imagine how deeply Hunter Bidens situation can be interrogated before everyone runs headlong into the underlying hypocrisy.

Beyond these This Town matters, theres a more pressing reason why a prolonged exploration of Hunter Biden is not likely to bear fruit: The presidents interest in Burisma has always been a con. Aside from exposing the fact that Hunter had successfully joined the ranks of everyone else playing an angle with their connections to power and influence, at the core of the controversy is only a mad gambit, hatched by the president and his cronies, to bring the likeliest Democratic presidential nominee low. Trumps defenders have attempted to paint the president as being uniquely interested in fighting foreign corruption, but hes always lacked a sincere interest in such pursuits. In fact, any cursory examination of Trumps records will reveal a deep and abiding interest in enabling such corruption, and numerous actions taken to further that interest, both in Ukraine and elsewhere.

There was never going to be a sincere investigation of Hunter Bidens activities. Trump was never going to seek regular status reports from Ukrainian officials or report findings to the relevant authorities. Trumps Biden exploit was to extort Volodymyr Zelenskiy into going on camerathe so-called public boxto announce an investigation, and then rely on the media to whip themselves into a rabid froth over the matter, exploiting the same crisis of adult newsroom supervision that led to the overwrought coverage of Hillary Clintons emails. Were it not for the whistleblower, we might today be living in this alternate reality. Instead, the whistleblower put paid to the extortion of Zelenskiy and ended anything that resembled a sincere interest in rooting out foreign corruption on the part of the president. Theres nothing else to get to the bottom ofwhat lies at the bottom is an aborted scam. This is literally the only thing that further inquiry will discover.

Which isnt to say that the staging of such an inquiry wont be perilous for Hunter Biden or the Democrats. The younger Biden has led something of a troubled life and would likely fare poorly under the kliegs of a congressional inquiry. And the medias aforementioned crisis of supervisory constancy creates the searing potential for a prolonged shitshow, where even a dedication to debunking dark insinuations might only perpetuate them.

As The Washington Posts Greg Sargent notes, the trajectory of Republican defenses of Trumpand the strategy they seem to be bent on should there be an impeachment trial in the Senatelooks to be one in which Republicans will attempt to accomplish some of the very same goals (smearing Joe Biden) that drove the whole corrupt scheme all along. Instead of Zelenskiy being shoved in the public box, it will be Republican electeds serving in that role.

Despite the fact that any further pressing into the Hunter Biden matter is at best going to reveal little more than the way Washington works, and at worst further bolster the case against Trump by putting yet another spotlight on the original con, there can be little doubt that Republicans are up for it. Back in September 2015, thenHouse Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy enthused about his partys efforts to subject that cycles Democratic front-runner to sustained investigation. Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee, McCarthy said. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping. Trumps defenders will, similarly, gleefully implicate themselves in the furtherance of Trumps scam. The only real question remaining is whether the media will do a better job telling the truth throughout these upcoming fugazi hearings than they did during the Benghazi hearings.

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House Republicans say their counterparts in the Senate need to do more to help President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump puts Kushner in charge of overseeing border wall construction: report Trump 2020 national spokesperson gives birth to daughter New McCarthy ad praising Trump includes Russian stock footage MORE on impeachment.

The House GOP lawmakers note their power is limited on impeachment hearings, but Senate Republicans have the authority to call witnesses and issue subpoenas. Republicans in the lower chamberhave expressed frustration that little attention has been paid to allegations that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 presidential election and that former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenKennedy walks back comments on potential Ukraine interference: 'I was wrong' Nunes faces potential ethics review over alleged meeting with Ukrainian official Bloomberg campaign chief: Trump is winning 2020 election right now MORE may have had a serious conflict of interest with regard to Ukraine because of his son Hunter Biden.

Major media outlets, with the exception of Fox News, have given little credibility to these allegations pushed by Trump, his personal lawyer Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiNunes faces potential ethics review over alleged meeting with Ukrainian official Ukrainian gas executive says indicted Giuliani associates tried to recruit him for company takeover Prosecutors issue subpoenas for information on Giuliani's consulting work: report MORE and their allies.

Rep. Lee ZeldinLee ZeldinSunday shows - Democrats look forward on impeachment GOP Congressman: Trump's 'prerogative' to weigh in on Navy SEAL review Sunday Talk Shows: After two weeks of testimony, lawmakers look to next steps of impeachment proceedings MORE (R-N.Y.), after a marathon day of impeachment hearings Tuesday, complained that allegations that Ukraine interfered in U.S. politics and that Biden was conflicted in his dealings with Ukraine have been considered debunked without a more thorough review.

The Democrats and some in the media like to just say the Burisma/Zlochevsky issue is just totally debunked, even though Burisma is a corrupt Ukrainian company run by a corrupt Ukrainian oligarch hiring Hunter Biden by Hunters Biden own admission solely because [of] his last name, solely because hes the vice presidents son, Zeldin said, referring to Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian gas company that paid Hunter Biden generously to serve on its board, and the companys owner, Mykola Zlochevsky.

Several Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee said Senate Republicans should delve into this side of the impeachment story.

While Senate Republicans have discussed the possibility of a Ukraine investigation focused on Joe and Hunter Biden, there has been little follow-through.

I think thats appropriate, said Rep. Jim JordanJames (Jim) Daniel JordanThe Hill's Morning Report Schiff: Clear evidence of a quid pro quo Diplomat seen rolling his eyes amid testy impeachment exchange with Jordan Live coverage: Impeachment spotlight shifts to Fiona Hill, David Holmes MORE (R-Ohio) when asked if the Senate needs to do more to investigate Ukrainian corruption and links to the Bidens. The Democrats keep saying its some conspiracy theory.

I think it would be helpful to get the bottom of all that, added Jordan, a staunch defender of Trump.

He pointed to a claim by a member of the Ukrainian parliament that many of the countrys political figures wanted Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonKennedy walks back comments on potential Ukraine interference: 'I was wrong' Davis: Congressman Will Hurd, If not now, when? What Trump really wanted from Ukraine was not about enemies MORE to win the 2016 election, a critical 2016 op-ed aimed at then-candidate Trump by Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Valeriy Chaly, and criticism that Arsen Avakov, the former Ukrainian interiorminister, leveled at Trump on Facebook.

Thats serious, Jordan said.

He expressed frustration that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffNunes faces potential ethics review over alleged meeting with Ukrainian official Poll: Interest in impeachment inquiry dips among Democratic voters Schiff: Judiciary Committee to receive impeachment report 'soon after' Thanksgiving recess MORE (D-Calif.) has refused to call Hunter Biden or request that the whistleblower testify.

Asked if the Senate should step in and call witnesses left out of the House impeachment hearing, Jordan said heck, yeah and sure they should.

GOP leaders specially appointed Jordan to the Intelligence Committee last month to spearhead Trumps defense.

Rep. Brad WenstrupBrad Robert WenstrupLive coverage: Impeachment spotlight shifts to Fiona Hill, David Holmes House GOP wants Senate Republicans to do more on impeachment Six memorable moments from Ex-Ukraine ambassador Yovanovitch's public testimony MORE (R-Ohio), another member of the House Intelligence Committee, said there really could be a bigger role played by Senate Republicans because Schiff has blocked House GOP requests for witnesses who could show that Trump had a legitimate interest in pressing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate corruption.

Were really stymied here, he said.

Wenstrup said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin GrahamDemocrats challenge South Carolina law requiring voters to disclose Social Security numbers Graham defends call to investigate Bidens: 'My conscience is clear' Graham blocked Armenian genocide resolution upon request from White House MORE (R-S.C.) and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard BurrRichard Mauze BurrHouse GOP wants Senate Republicans to do more on impeachment McConnell hopes Senate impeachment trial 'not too lengthy a process' Bipartisan senators urge national security adviser to appoint 5G coordinator MORE (R-N.C.) could bolster Republican counterarguments by launching their own investigations.

I would love for them to do it because thats the only way I think were going to get to the whole truth, he said.

Graham has given different statements on the need to investigate Ukrainian corruption and the Bidens.

In September, he and Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold JohnsonJuan Williams: Trump has nothing left but smears GOP senators ask Treasury for financial reports on Hunter Biden GOP senator opposes quick dismissal of Trump articles of impeachment MORE (R-Wis.) floated the idea of investigating Biden.

Graham, who is up for reelection next year, told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt someone should look at corruption related to the Ukraine but said the probe should be conducted outside the Senate.

He then told reporters in late September that he didnt call on Hunter Biden to testify because he didnt want to turn the Senate into a circus.

But after coming back to Washington after a two-week recess in October, Graham said he hadnt yet made a decision on bringing Biden before the Judiciary Committee and suggested it would depend on what information Giuliani, who had been invited to testify, would provide.

Graham and other Senate Republicans have also come under pressure from Fox News host Sean HannitySean Patrick HannityRising GOP star thrust into spotlight with Trump defense Mark Levin: Schiff awakened 'sleeping giant' with impeachment House GOP wants Senate Republicans to do more on impeachment MORE to do more.

Its right now time for Republicans to get tough. Senate Republicans need to pay attention, Hannity said on his show last week.Republicans have the power in the Senate, that means you have the power to subpoena people, he said.

Hannity urged Senate Republicans to subpoena the whistleblower as well as Hunter Biden.

Did he speak with his father about his Ukrainian business deals? Their statements we already know and it pointed out are in conflict with each other. We know The New York Times tipped off Joe Biden that his son was being investigated by the prosecutor in Ukraine, he said.

Hannity also challenged Graham in an interview Tuesday evening about the need to investigate Ukrainian corruption and the Bidens.

When Graham said nobodys looked, Hannity shot back: Im looking and what I see is really bad.

Earlier this month, Graham said he hoped Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim RischJames (Jim) Elroy RischChina issues directive to 'intensify' protections around intellectual property rights Overnight Defense Presented by Boeing Deal on defense bill proves elusive | Hill, Holmes offer damaging testimony | Trump vows to block Navy from ousting officer from SEALs Senate approves stopgap bill to prevent shutdown MORE (R-Idaho) would take up a probe of Hunter Biden.

We need to look at whether or not Hunter Biden corruptly engaged in lobbying. DidJoe Bidenask the prosecutor to be fired becausehe was investigating his son?Graham saidduring an interview with Fox NewssLaura IngrahamLaura Anne IngrahamHouse GOP wants Senate Republicans to do more on impeachment Vindman's lawyer requests Fox News retract guest's allegation about espionage Overnight Health Care: GOP senator says drug price action unlikely this year | House panel weighs ban on flavored e-cigs | New York sues Juul MORE.

Risch, however, has said hes not interested in taking his committee down that path. On Wednesday he said the Senate Intelligence Committee would be more appropriate to investigate Ukraine issues related to the impeachment inquiry.

In this instance the majority leader has assigned these issues to the Intelligence Committee to hear, so you want to talk to Sen. Burr, he said.

But Burr on Wednesday said he right now is focused on the intelligence communitys handling of the whistleblowers complaint against Trump and is stuck on trying to get the whistleblower to testify before his committee.

Burr said the jurisdiction more appropriately belongs to Rischs Foreign Relations panel.

Were looking at the whistleblower complaint, the process as to who knew about it, how many people they talked to, and what did they do. Thats the extent of what were looking at right now, he said.

The Senate Republican chairmen who have gone the furthest are Johnson and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyTrump draws ire after retreat on drug prices pledge GOP senators ask Treasury for financial reports on Hunter Biden Trump says drug importation plan coming 'soon' MORE (R-Iowa) who released a letter in September asking the Justice Department to investigate links between Ukrainian operatives and Hillary Clintons 2016 presidential campaign.

Johnson and Grassley last week asked Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoSchiff: Judiciary Committee to receive impeachment report 'soon after' Thanksgiving recess State Dept. docs show Pompeo, Giuliani contacts before ouster of Ukraine ambassador White House keeps Democrats from critical witnesses MORE to release any State Department records that may exist related to Hunter Bidens position as a Burisma Holdings board member.They also asked for information about what steps the Obama administration took to ensure policy decisions related to Ukraine and Burisma were not influenced by the financial interests of the senior officials family members.

House Republicans say these are steps in the right direction but they want to see more action.

Rep. Chris StewartChristopher (Chris) Douglas StewartHouse GOP wants Senate Republicans to do more on impeachment How House Republicans have stayed unified on impeachment The Hill's Morning Report - Wild Wednesday: Sondland testimony, Dem debate take center stage MORE (R-Utah), a third Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said the Senate should investigate the Ukraine- and Biden-related angles of the impeachment debate.

I think they should and I think they will, he said.

Stewart said if Democrats are going to argue it was improper to press Zelensky to investigate corruption, we have to understand the basis of that.

House Republicans last week submitted to Schiff a list of witnesses they wanted to call before the Intelligence Committee. It included Hunter Biden; Devon Archer, a former board member of Burisma Holdings; and Alexandra Chalupa, a former Democratic National Committee staffer who Republicans say worked with the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington to get political dirt on Trumps campaign.

Senate Republicans have also come under pressure from other prominent conservatives to play a more active role in Trumps defense.

Rep. Mark MeadowsMark Randall MeadowsDemocrats set to open new chapter in impeachment House GOP wants Senate Republicans to do more on impeachment Michelle Obama presents Lin-Manuel Miranda with National Portrait Award MORE (R-N.C.), a leading member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, on Wednesday said Senate Republicans could use their subpoena power effectively.

Certainly having a much more robust and fair process from the Senate standpoint on issuing subpoenas would be appropriate since were been denied a number of witnesses and due process over on the House side, Meadows said.

Rep. Kenny MarchantKenny Ewell MarchantHouse GOP wants Senate Republicans to do more on impeachment Ethics sends memo to lawmakers on SCIF etiquette Ethics panel investigating Rep. Hastings over relationship with staffer MORE (R-Texas) said it could help Republicans politically if Senate chairmen got more aggressive in investigating Ukrainian corruption and possible ties to the Bidens.

Asked if a Senate investigation of Ukraine and the Bidens would be helpful, Marchant responded, From a political standpoint, for my grassroot voter, yes.

He said it would be a legitimate thing to do to use the Senates investigative powers to balance the story that House Democrats are laying out through their impeachment probe.

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