BIG NEWS ON BIDEN IMPEACHMENT

"While I believe that an impeachment inquiry is warranted, I do not believe that the evidence currently meets the standard of a high crime and misdemeanor needed for an article of impeachment."

— Jonathan Turley, George Washington Law School professor and first witness called by the GOP

Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat, slyly raised former President Trump's financial conflicts of interest, which he implied were far more prevalent and serious than any of Hunter Biden's profiting from his family name. Republicans are using this hearing to "distract and deflect" from Trump's corruption, Connolly alleged.

First he asked the Democratic witness UNC law professor Michael Gerhardt if Biden's business interests in foreign countries where he owns buildings should be a concern for the House Oversight Committee. Gerhardt said it would be if Biden had such interests, but that Trump in fact did. (Trump refused to divest from his businesses upon taking office.)

"When President Biden appointed his son to manage U.S. foreign policy in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East peace... and after he left the White House getting a $2 billion deal... shouldn't that be a concern to us that maybe a sweetheart deal occurred with the blessing of the president with foreign money?"

Gerhardt was referring, of course, to Jared Kushner's $2 billion investment from a Saudi sovereign wealth fund.

"It should have been a concern with President Trump and his son-in-law," Gerhard answered.

"Oh Trump, I got that wrong again, I'm sorry," Connolly joked, before going on to list more such Trump-era entanglements.

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