In an upcoming impeachment vote against President Joe Biden, Rep. Ken Buck is the only Republican lawmaker publicly opposing the motion, as reported by Politico.
The vote, scheduled for this week, is being spearheaded by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
The Republican majority in the House is currently hanging by a thread, with a mere three-vote advantage following the retirement of several GOP lawmakers this year. According to a whip count compiled by Politico, Buck is the only Republican representative who has voiced opposition to the impending impeachment vote.
Meridith McGraw, a reporter for Politico, stated, "A whip count compiled by POLITICO shows that a single Republican, Rep. Ken Buck R-CO opposes a vote scheduled for this week to formalize the impeachment inquiry. Other members thought to be on the fence are now either supportive or likely to support it."
In addition to Buck, approximately six other Republican lawmakers remain undecided or have chosen not to publicly disclose their stance on the impeachment, as per Politico's report.
Earlier this month, House Speaker Johnson declared that a vote on a formal impeachment inquiry against Biden was a "necessary step" in response to the Biden administration's alleged obstruction of congressional investigators. Johnson hinted that the decision to hold a full floor vote to impeach Biden would be made "very soon."
Johnson, during an interview on Fox News, stated, "Its become a necessary step. Elise and I both served on the impeachment defense team of Donald Trump twice when the Democrats used it for brazen, partisan political purposes. We decried that use of it. This is very different. Remember, we are the rule of law team. We have to do it very methodically."
He further praised the work of the three committees of jurisdiction, namely judiciary, oversight, and ways and means, for their diligent pursuit of evidence. However, he also expressed frustration at the White House's alleged stonewalling tactics, which he claimed were preventing several DOJ witnesses from testifying and withholding thousands of pages of evidence.
In a separate development, House Oversight Chairman James Comer accused the National Archives of withholding 99.98% of Joe Bidens alias emails. The National Archives, in response to a FOIA lawsuit filed by the Southern Legal Foundation, a conservative nonprofit law firm, admitted to locating 82,000 pages of emails sent or received by then-Vice President Biden on three separate private pseudonym accounts. However, only 14 pages of these documents have been released so far.
Biden has been accused of refusing to cooperate with congressional Republicans investigating his alleged mishandling of classified documents. At least five White House aides, including former White House Counsel Dana Remus, have been implicated in the scandal.
The Oversight Committee, a few weeks ago, expressed its frustration at the lack of cooperation from the White House, stating, "We just received a letter from the Special Counsel to the President making it clear the White House intends to continue obstructing our investigation." The committee further challenged Biden, stating, "If President Biden has nothing to hide, then he should make his current and former staff available to testify before Congress about his mishandling of classified documents."
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