Speaker Mike Johnson gave reporters a big update Thursday on the GOP-controlled House’s progress regarding the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
The Louisiana Republican was asked if he believes Republicans have uncovered enough evidence to justify impeaching Biden, to which he responded, “I do believe that very soon we are coming to a point of decision on it.”
“We’re going to follow the evidence where it leads, and we’ll see, and I’m not going to pre-determine it this morning,” he added.
Johnson, who has a background in constitutional law, also emphasized that he wants to see due process play out, The Hill reported.
“I have been very consistent, intellectually consistent in this, and persistent that we have to follow due process and the law,” he said. “That means following our obligation on the Constitution 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. You follow the truth where it leads.”
Shortly after becoming Speaker, Johnson laid out his first 100-day agenda, which included seeing the impeachment inquiry through.
“It is ‘very likely’ that President Biden has committed impeachable offenses, according to Speaker Mike Johnson, who was elected to the office on Wednesday,” Newsweek reported on Saturday.
In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, his first after taking the Speaker’s gavel, Johnson suggested that Biden has committed impeachable offenses but said then as well that he planned to allow due process to play out.
“The reason we shifted to the impeachment inquiry stage on the president himself was because if, in fact, all the evidence leads to where we believe it will, that’s very likely impeachable offenses,” he said.
“That’s listed as a cause for impeachment in the Constitution — bribery and other crimes and misdemeanors. Bribery’s listed there, and it looks and smells a lot like that. We’re going to follow the truth wherever it leads. We’re going to engage in due process because, again, we’re the rule of law party,” Johnson added.
