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Sen. Graham suggests Kamala Harris could be impeached if GOP retakes House

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3 years ago

February 15, 2021

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) suggested Sunday that Republicans could wind up impeaching Vice President Kamala Harris, saying that former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial over the January 6 Capitol riot “opened Pandora’s Box.”

In an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” the day after the Senate voted 57-43 to acquit the former commander-in-chief for “incitement of insurrection,” Graham told host Chris Wallace that Harris’ support for a fund that bailed out Black Lives Matter protesters last summer could leave her open to impeachment, too.

“And if you use this model, I don’t know how Kamala Harris doesn’t get impeached if the Republicans take over the House,” Graham said, according to The New York Post.

“Because she actually bailed out rioters and one of the rioters went back to the streets and broke somebody’s head open,” he added. “So we’ve opened Pandora’s Box here and I’m sad for the country?”

Back in June, before becoming President Joe Biden’s running mate, Harris tweeted: “If you’re able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota.”

Of the people bailed out by the MFF were a suspect who shot at police, a woman accused of killing a friend, and a twice-convicted sex offender, according to a Fox News report.

Earlier this month, Graham spoke to Fox News host Sean Hannity about Trump’s impeachment trial and the possibility of impeaching Harris.

“If you’re going to pursue this, and you want to start calling witnesses, and you want to drag this thing out, it would be fair to have Kamala Harris’ tape play where she bailed people out of jail,” Graham said.

“What more could you do to incite future violence, than to pay the bail of the people who broke up the shops and beat up the cops,” Graham added. ”How’s that not inciting future violence? Be careful what you wish for, my Democratic colleagues, be careful what you wish for.”

While having said that Trump may have pushed “narratives about the election that I think are not sound and not true,” Graham voted to acquit the former president on Saturday.

“The president is a handful, and what happened [at the Capitol] on 6 January was terrible for the country. But he’s not singularly to blame,” Graham said. “Democrats have sat on the sidelines and watched the country being burned down for a year and a half and not said a damn word, and most Republicans are tired of the hypocrisy.”

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Hunter Biden Indicted on Federal Gun Charges Amidst Special Counsel Investigation

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1 week ago

September 14, 2023

Alexander Carter

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In a significant development, Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was indicted on Thursday on federal gun charges as part of Special Counsel David Weiss’ ongoing investigation. The indictment alleges that Hunter Biden made false statements during the purchase of a firearm, among other charges.

The charges against Hunter Biden include:

• Making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm

• Making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a federal firearms licensed dealer

•Possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance

According to the indictment, the alleged incident occurred on or about October 12, 2018, in the District of Delaware. Hunter Biden is accused of knowingly making a false and fictitious written statement during the acquisition of a Colt Cobra 38SPL Revolver. According to reports from Fox News, the statement, submitted on Form 4473, falsely certified that he was not an unlawful user of, and addicted to, any stimulant, narcotic drug, or controlled substance.

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Furthermore, the indictment further states that between October 12, 2018, and October 23, 2018, in the District of Delaware, Hunter Biden knowingly possessed the same firearm despite being an unlawful user of and addicted to controlled substances. This marks the first set of charges brought by Special Counsel David Weiss against Hunter Biden since being granted special counsel status.

The investigation came to public attention when it was reported by Fox News in 2021 that police had responded to an incident in 2018 involving a gun owned by Hunter Biden.

Reports state that, Hallie Biden, the widow of President Biden’s late son, Beau, who was in a relationship with Hunter at the time, discarded the gun. Hunter’s gun was thrown away in a dumpster near a market, located close to a school. It was subsequently revealed that Hunter Biden had purchased a gun earlier that same month.

Hunter Biden’s legal troubles do not end with the gun charges. Earlier in July, an original plea agreement collapsed, which would have seen him plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax counts for willful failure to pay federal income tax, thus avoiding jail time on a felony gun charge. Instead, he pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and one felony gun charge.

Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed David Weiss as special counsel to oversee the Hunter Biden investigation and related matters. The White House has declined to comment on these developments, which continue to draw significant public and media attention.

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