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Nadler argues GOP is trying to distract from indictments against Trump
Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., ranking member on the Judiciary Committee, slammed Republicans in his opening statement for focusing the hearing on the investigations into Hunter Biden and Trump.
Nadler said that Republican supporters of Trump are prioritizing this in order to shift the attention from the indictments charging the former president.
“Extreme MAGA Republicans have poisoned our vital oversight work. They’ve ignored our legitimate oversight responsibilities, and use their power to stage one political stunt after another,” said Nadler, who added that Republicans are wasting taxpayer dollars on investigations into President Biden and his family.
He said they are “desperate to find evidence for an absurd impeachment and desperate to distract from the mounting legal peril facing Donald Trump.”
“Today I implore the public to see through the sham,” Nadler said. “I have no doubt that you will hear a deluge of conspiracy theories and baseless accusations. They will quote freely from so-called whistleblowers who have been broadly discredited or contradicted. They will viciously attack federal law enforcement.”
Source: | This article originally belongs to Nbcnews.com
