While Biden gleefully boasted about all this after the fact, it’s now coming back to haunt him. One Republican senator has already hypothesized that the former vice president’s inherent links to the impeachment trial will hurt him in next week’s Iowa caucuses.
Why the Impeachment Trial May Harm Biden in Iowa
As Democrats ramp up their attacks on the president, Trump’s legal team is focusing on Biden’s role in all this.
Aides for the president maintain that Hunter Biden’s position on a Ukrainian gas company board during his father’s time as vice president constitutes a conflict of interest. Furthermore, Biden’s work to remove the prosecutor investigating said gas company raises additional questions about conflicts of interest with Ukraine. Of course, the former vice president claims that he’s fully innocent.
All of this has engendered talk about the possible future testimonies of Hunter Biden and Joe Biden.
As a member of the Senate, Iowa Republican Joni Ernst explained that this level of attention and negative press makes her “not sure” about whether Iowans will eagerly back the former vice president.
