Inside the Building of President Biden’s Impeachment Defense Team
With House Republicans determined to try to impeach President Joe Biden, the White House and its top defenders on Capitol Hill say they're ready to fight back.
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Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the 45-year-old former mayor of Long Beach, California, said he and other members of his caucus are prepared for what appears to be inevitable.
“Until [Speaker] Kevin McCarthy grows a spine, that’s probably where we’re headed,” Garcia said to The Messenger. “He’s already decided to allow Marjorie Taylor Greene and all those folks to run their operation.”
Many of the White House’s top defenders have been on the front lines of the fight against House Republican probes of the president and his family for months.
Raskin, Garcia and Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., a former federal prosecutor who served as lead counsel for the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump, among others, have spent the last eight months playing defense against investigations run by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight Committee. Other Biden allies like Reps. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y. and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., also have plenty of experience sparring with Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee.
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