Rep. Debbie Dingell said Sunday that she has yet to see any evidence of wrongdoing by President Biden after House Republicans voted last week to move forward with an impeachment inquiry into the president.
“I’ve talked to numerous Republicans who have publicly and quietly said, ‘There’s no there there.’ They can’t find anything,” Ms. Dingell, Michigan Democrat, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Republicans say there are examples of Mr. Biden playing a role in his son Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings and the Biden family benefited financially from it. But they have not yet presented evidence of the president’s direct involvement.
Democrats have repeatedly said there is no evidence, and some Republicans have remained skeptical as well.
“There were a lot of arms broken,” Ms. Dingell said. “I’ve talked to those members whose arms are broken about even voting for this on the House floor. And I think it will be much harder to get the number they will require to have an impeachment if they don’t find something.”
But it’s not just House lawmakers who are raising concerns about the legitimacy of the inquiry claims. On Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham said his Republican colleagues in the House need to work on convincing him that the president engaged in any wrongdoing.
“If there were a smoking gun, I think we’d be talking about,” the South Carolina Republican said. “You know what I’m worried about? Helping the president bring the Middle East to a better spot. Trying to convince the Arabs and the Israelis to not let Iran get you off track, give Israel the space to destroy Hamas. I’m trying to find a way forward to secure a broken border before we’re attacked. That’s what I’m more worried about than anything.”
Mr. Graham added he hasn’t been paying much attention to the impeachment inquiry conversations.
“They have to prove that President Biden somehow financially benefited from the business enterprises of Hunter Biden. We’ll see,” he said.
• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.
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