During a Thursday press conference, new House Speaker Mike Johnson tells reporters the impeachment process against President Joe Biden will be methodical, evidence-based and not used for political purposes, criticizing the Democrats' impeachment proceedings against former President Trump.
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Mr Speaker can I get a timeline from you
on on your thoughts about impeachment uh
chairman comr has suggested that his
investigation is winding down do you
feel right now that there is enough
evidence to move on articles of
impeachment and how quickly could we see
that process play out and if you've
already decided that you're heading
towards articles of impeachment or is
there more that you need to see so many
of you know my background I'm a
constitutional law attorney I I I
believe this is a very serious matter I
I was called upon to serve on the
impeachment defense team in the house
twice under President Trump when the
Democrats used it for raw partisan
political purposes and I decried that at
each uh step of the way the reason is
because the impeachment power that we
have in the constitution in the house
specifically next to a declaration of
war You could argue it's the most it's
the heaviest power that we have and it
cannot be wielded for political purposes
so I have been very consistent
intellectually consistent in this and
and and uh and persistent that we have
to follow due process and we have to
follow the law that means following Our
obligation the Constitution and and
doing appropriate investigations in the
right way at the right pace so that the
evidence comes in and we follow the
evidence where it leads we follow the
truth where it leads so as we stand here
today I'm not predetermined that but I
do believe that very soon we are coming
to a point of decision on it we're in
the impeachment inquiry phase as you
know which is an important step in that
due process and what you're seeing right
now although a lot of American people
are anxious about this many you know
Republicans across the country are
anxious to get to the end point on this
and I think some Democrats want to know
how it ends as well what you're seeing
right now is a deliberate constitutional
process that was envisioned by the
founders the framers of the Constitution
This Is How They Envision this to go not
the way the Democrats did it snap
impeachments sham impeachments and all
the rest so I I know that um I know that
people are anxious about it but I will
say uh chairman comr chairman Jordan in
judiciary uh chairman Smith in Ways and
Means they've done an extraordinary job
very methodically and I I would say
outside the scope of politics they've
been taken in the evidence as it goes so
we're going to follow the evidence where
it leads and we'll see and I'm not going
to predetermine it this
morning
