Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is signaling potential support for a probe into former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden and Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings.
“I think it’s worth taking a look at,” McConnell told Fox News during an interview on Thursday night when asked about concerns that the investigation being run by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is political.
But McConnell said that he doesn’t “tell my committee chairman what to investigate” and defended Johnson, who chairs the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
“Senator Johnson’s very responsible, not inclined to be overly partisan on everything that comes along. He’s been trying, as he indicated, to kind of quietly look at this for some time before Biden’s comeback … which made him more likely the nominee,” McConnell said.
“If you become the front-runner you come under a lot of scrutiny, from the press, from both sides. Joe has been around a long time, he knows that this sort of thing will be looked at when you become the likely nominee of your party,” McConnell added.
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McConnell signals support for Biden, Burisma probe: "I think it's worth taking a look at" https://t.co/sQSf1qge58 pic.twitter.com/ai3dGe1CoI
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Sen. Mitt Romney: "We also have a lot of work to do on matters that are not related to Burisma. We probably ought to focus on those things." pic.twitter.com/OnAr7ca8sH
— The Hill (@thehill) March 6, 2020
BREAKING: Mitt Romney will vote next week in favor of a subpoena seeking records about the work Joe Biden’s son Hunter did for the Ukrainian energy firm Burismahttps://t.co/fRgksGEUJf
— POLITICO (@politico) March 6, 2020
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