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Dan Abrams Stumps Republican Who Voted For Biden Impeachment Probe By Asking ‘What Exactly Is The High Crime?’

By Tommy Christopher,

2023-12-15

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Mediaite founder/owner, NewsNation host, and veteran legal expert Dan Abrams stumped Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) — who voted in favor of opening an impeachment probe of President Joe Biden — by asking him “What exactly is the high crime or misdemeanor that’s being investigated?”

Wednesday saw Hunter Biden deliver a scathing statement on Capitol Hill announcing he’d defy the GOP-led House Oversight Committee subpoena unless he could testify publicly.

Later in the day, Republicans formalized their impeachment inquiry in a 221 to 212 vote — despite widespread acknowledgment by journalists ( including Abrams ) and even other Republicans that there is “no evidence” of wrongdoing by President Biden.

On Wednesday night’s edition of NewsNation’s Dan Abrams Live , Abrams grilled Joyce, who was forced to admit “I haven’t seen” any specific “high crimes or misdemeanors” that need investigating:

DAN ABRAMS: Do you think it’s unfair for me to say, boy, impeachment’s a really big statement. It’s a big investigation. It’s not just like sort of like, “Well, you know, let’s see what’s out there.”

When you talk about impeaching the President of the United States, I would think you need some credible evidence to start. And it feels to me like thus far there is nothing credible linking Joe Biden to illegality or wrongdoing.

REP. DAVE JOYCE: I wholeheartedly agree with you. I mean, I think that the evidence needs to be produced that people can make that determination and they, whether it’s there or whether it’s not.

And again, allegations are everywhere, but facts are stubborn things. And we need to get to the facts to figure out where they’re at. And at the end of the day, they’ll, I’m sure that we’re going to continue down this road.

The other point that you bring up that I think is a very important is that impeachment’s abused. The process has been abused. It’s meant to take out mentally deficient folks, somebody who’s lost their mind while they’re in office, or somebody who is a Santos-like where they’ve committed crimes while they’re in office. And I don’t see that yet.

But the opportunity for the for the operative committees to gather the information and present it in an orderly fashion so people can make rational decisions is what I based my decision on.

DAN ABRAMS: And as a former prosecutor, what exactly is the high crime or misdemeanor that’s being investigated?

REP. DAVE JOYCE: Well, you know, that’s a good point! And I haven’t seen any of that today, but I’m looking forward to the investigative committees saying, “Yeah, I have three different committees that are all focused on this.”

Okay, put up or shut up. You either have the evidence or you don’t.

Watch above via NewsNation’s Dan Abrams Live .

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