By John Wagner John Wagner National reporter leading The Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow April 30 at 8:44 AM Former vice president Joe Biden said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that Congress would have “no alternative” but to impeach President Trump if his administration seeks to block its investigations of issues raised in the special counsel’s report on Russian election interference.
[Joe Biden’s big test: To overcome the same problems that doomed his first two presidential campaigns] Barr later concluded that there was not sufficient evidence for obstruction of justice. But Biden said in the ABC interview that are “about seven or eight things that are left undone” related to possible obstruction that Congress should pursue.
A Washington Post-ABC poll conducted mostly before Biden’s announcement also suggested there is room for other candidates to grow. It found that over half of Democratic-leaning adults had no preference for the party’s nomination when asked an open-ended question that did not name any candidates, though Biden held a slight edge among those who did.
“I’ve always thought that part of leadership, part of politics was listening to people, hearing them, making them feel comfortable,” Biden told co-anchor Robin Roberts in an interview, which was recorded Monday. “It’s my responsibility to be more sensitive to whether or not someone wants me to reassure them or wants to say hello or wants to show affection toward. And that’s my responsibility.”
Please do.
China Joe. I think the name fits the man. Only reason I said man because he's a male. LOL..!!! Unless he wants to become a tranny LOL!!!!
Go away both of you
costareports Biden2020
You crazy 🤡🤡🤡🤡 will say anything for votes....keep lying to the American people on top of that impeach DT and see what happens
costareports This could well be one of the goals of the Trump Administration.
Keep dreaming LiarsLeakersAndLiberals
The hate machine working overtime!
USA media must be happy to find in their own country exactly the same which they were trying to get from other countries earlier wasting their valuable resources paying money to manipulators, fraudsters and many swindlers from those countries.
Another investigation that answered the question? No Russian, Trump collusion! Why is another them another and yet another investigation needed! It is purely political! Enough is enough!
Stupid lol tell the truth Ukrainian joe
And Biden cannot block any investigations into himself, his son Hunter, the Ukraine, and one billion dollars.
SLEEPY JOE SUCKS !!!
Trump wants to be impeached. It's the only conclusion you can reach.
Unavoidable!
Hilarious. Is he sober today?
So- THESE are the investigations he would suffer consequences for obstructing? 🤔
Who is dumb enough to believe anything Biden says? Remember he was part of the biggest fraudulent administration ever elected to the Presidency!
Does he mean, 'They'll have to do it, even tho they don't want to'? Cuz, WE want them to do it, regardless!
Yep!
The DNC media constantly fighting the two party systems in favor of The Party. Propaganda to the end.
Dude get a life
Lawrence Duty vs Party? No, duty to the Party.
Do it, I bet you won’t ever be president
costareports Joe Knows. ImpeachTrumpNOW DerangedDonald
Bla bla bla. He already did. Sit down Biden, we already had enough of empty campaigning talks.
Its taking to Long to do This, America is Small again with Trmp
Lawrence Not only did Biden's handling of the hill hearings devastate and shame a credible, intelligent woman who bravely stood up against workplace harassment, but his failure to protect Hill made all women feel less safe in hostile workplaces.
nbramhal Now don't tease us and get our hopes up! Sleepy Joe, you can beat Two-Ton Trump any day! (We know he loves a good nick-name).
I've got NEWS for you Washington Post. I called offices of Pelosi, Brown & others and they no longer know if they even want Full Mueller Report. Most News says it's Over. Russia ATTACKS USA and they no longer care. Who Paid Them OFF ? Who Got To Them ?
Creepy Joe should know better.... or has he forgotten.....!
Lawrence Of course Joe ' Groping' China Biden will say that. He knows he can't beat Trump.
Sorry that's....never going to happen
Lol like the impeached Obama when holder refused ... idiot
WELL SAID, WELL SAID!
Lawrence At this historic moment when hearings are being held on Medicare For All I would rather hear Biden say that the House has no alternative but to pass it now as a statement of the party’s intent after winning the 2020 election.
There is no crime to Impeach POTUS for. JoeBiden Idiot
Truth for once...
'If'? The blockages are already under way.
Impeaching him will give gop the edge with the mags base
AmyAyers16 Good, let's get on with it
0% the motion even passes...you won’t even have all the dumbacrats in favor of it- they know if they go on the record they won’t be re-elected. Trump’s supporters go beyond party lines...his support is on a level never seen before
I call, BS !
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Desparado
These are the HOODS that run with BIDEN'S agenda.
HEY UNCLE JOE GO AHEAD MAKE THE VOTERS DAYS SO WE CAN THROW YOUR RADICALS OUT
Agree 💯
Duh Did he say all that without slurring his words?
When's that gonna happen? He's already blocking them.
Fake news
He's been doing that since he got there. The Whitehouse and all he could do, has been for sale to highest bidder. And he hire's only those who will do for him to fix, or keep him out of trouble. He's been trying to prevent any investigation into him and his from beginning.
Yup!! 💯😂
Nancy Pelosi will stop it.
MakeItPlain Let's see!
Investigate Joe Biden & Hunter Biden, Obama administration, Hillary, Rosenstein, Comey, Mueller, Yates, Lynch, Strozk, McCabe, Page etc.
Joe Biden is a lunatic. Well anyone who willfully followed Barack Obama and his band of Traitors will have 'no alternative' but to go to jail.
Wouldn't be just lovely for Trump to have a Certificate of Impeachment to go along with his Notice of Eviction he'll receive the morning after the 2020 election...
If?
Martina
Finally someone has the guts to stand up for the laws of our government! Thank You Joe, now you’re talking, LETS START DOING!
neal_katyal Absolutely!!!
neal_katyal Indict the LiarInChief
neal_katyal DerangedDonald ‼️
Martina He is simply unbelievable!😂
Yea, like you would have a better chance against VP , you can't fix stupid, if stupid don't wanna be fixed ! JoeBiden
Lawrence Hey, Joe! Trump has been trying to block investigations since he fired Comey.
Trump is not named in my tweet, the point is that it is time for Congress to act on gun control-Social Security-health care auto pollution-infrastructure etc and stop tilting at windmills. Congress is dysfunctional. Some responses seem to be driven by Trump derangement syndrome.
Congress? He means House. Never happen in the Senate.
If?
Isn't sueing blocking?
Biden is a fool!
Hey Joe better be careful soon he will also be testifying on the FISA screwup.
10000%
Shut up do nothing sniffer
Hope Biden can clean up Trumps mess.
Lawrence True.
Lawrence Impeachment for 800
kelly2277 I don't think Congress has the backbone. Examples; Barr, Mnuchin, Kline, etc., etc...
He is not aging well...dementia is starting to hit
Thank you Joe 🇺🇸
I think trump hired joe to beat the other democrat losers and hand trump the re election
Don’t give a shit about what Biden has to say about anythingBernieSanders
Give me a break White House spent two years of investigations. No need for more. You need to do something for our country
realDonaldTrump will do what he's been doing from day one, what's in the best interest of America.
Oh please. You know you can’t impeach him. Go ahead and try. It’s to Trumps advantage!
Tell’em Joe
I like the “no choice” mantra. Smart politics by Biden. Other Dems should adopt.
Oh no, Joe! Say it isn’t so Joe. We like our Pres.
Yes, now get on with it.
HouseDemocrats SenateDems HouseJudiciary RepCummings DO NOT allow trump to block investigations!
HE ALREADY HAS!!! Get to it already!
Go for it, huge backfire!
Absolutely.
I thought it says We The People why can't we do it to much POLITICS in Govt.we put him there why can't we get him out !!
Right on brother.
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bipolarbeauty21 'Our investigations based on fake accusations will impeach him if they find anything impeachable, If we cannot impeach him that way, then we will impeach him for something else. Hell anything else.' What a crock of dog poo.
Investigations have gone on for two years!!!!!
Biden will look good in, a orange jump suit .
JoeBiden and BarackObama need to be investigated along with HillaryClinton for the RussiaGate HOAX they pulled. Or the voters have no alternative but to clean your clock.
Lawrence Biden is an embarrassment. He has always been an embarrassment. What could possibly be his appeal? Old Joe is still Old Joe.
Lawrence Weak answer. Also, didn't the Russia interference start in 2014...do we know why Americans didn't know a thing about it until 2016?
Lol , Joe doesn’t stand a chance in hell
Biden will be indicted.
Lawrence I see no other option! If they can’t do oversight, what choice is there except impeachment hearings.
“If”? We are way past if, folks.
Lawrence Biden is right about impeaching Trump. Now, Media must drop the nonsense about Biden's past, and let the man concentrate on the future of this country, and not bury him like the Media did with Clinton - Emails nonsense.
The 85 people at Biden's last rally agree...😄
The wheel of economy is doing more than good this is a very recent fact ,in 50 years has the economy broke the records .
Mr. Biden, Please start calling out senators by name that continue to abdicate their responsibilities and embarrass this nation by stomping on our constitution.
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Thank you future President Joe Biden!
The great metoo silence is deafening. The stench of hypocrisy is disgusting.
The wait is killing me
If congress wouldn’t have spent the last few decades abdicating their duty this wouldn’t be happening.
SpeakerPelosi JUST DO IT! IMPEACH
Paragryn SpeakerPelosi has been caught napping and flat footed. Trump and Republicans have gotten way ahead of her on messaging as it relates to the Mueller report and she is losing the narrative fight. What’s going on with SpeakerPelosi ? Did Trump get kompromat on her?
And just like that, the media ditched Alexandria Ortega Cortez for Joe Biden as their 'media darling.'
Biden is afraid of being found complicit in trying to frame Trump.
jkempcpa
Biden also thinks the Avengers are real and he’s allowed to call them from a red phone in the Oval Office if he’s President...
thinkerdamous Yep. Contempt of Congress.
HE HAS ALREADY BLOCKED INVESTIGATIONS. A whole half of the mueller report was dedicated to it. And that only covered what happened up until the time of publishing.
Basically if trump does that he’s proving his self guilty
Defending one’s self is not blocking anything. If you have truth on your side go to court & prevail. Prove to the courts your investigations legal & not another witch-hunt.
We've been hearing this since day one: 'We'll impeach him if . . .' Stop iffing and just do it.
FakeNews
Bots are out today!
Democrats should focus more on trying to beat Trump instead of impeachment. I haven’t seen a candidate yet who stands a solid chance of winning over undecided voters.
Remember your response to BillClinton , HillaryClinton , & BarackObama ?
ImpeachTheMF already!
The national security divisions need to keep an eye on Biden’s connections to Ukraine and China. Congress should subpoena his son’s financial records dealing with the millions from Ukraine. Billions from China to Biden’s kids?
This dialogue is ludicrous. It is the last thing our country needs. The next election will determine what the will of the American public is, not a handful of out of touch politicians who believe that they know better than we do what is good for us. Deal with real problems.
Hardly the moral imperative Warren laid out, but it'll do if it has to
I think that's why Donald Trump is doing it. He wants to be impeached because he thinks that it will help his election chances.
There would be no bipartisan support so impeachment is impossible stop writing lies
Telling like it is 'Uncle' Joe.
Biden really is an idiot. The Dems don't have the spine to in peach!11!!!1!!
We should talk about all the what ifs if trump was being controlled by aliens. Ancient alien theorist say yes
I say Trump should steep down and let it go to the dogs.
we are back to ImpeachTrump ? After you were humiliated by the Mueller report maybe you should just accept he is your president for another year and a half you hacks.
sexual-harassment is like lying when you do it as often as ObamaBiden and you can't remember who or what you've done to whom
Guys, stop it. 2 years of unfettered investigations, millions of documents handed over, thousands of people interviewed. Any investigation at this point is purely political
First though let’s be clear that Congress is pursuing legit investigations and not just fishing for info for political gain.
🤔 Let’s see here Time to next election: 19 months Time it would take for everyone to get their shit together, investigate and THEN vote on impeachment: 24 to 36 months This is allllll just political pandering And leave it to CreepyUncleJoe to lead the way.
Not my candidate (Sanders) but this makes a lot sence👍
He didn't block the investigation, it's done. Move on
JoeBiden Your day's are numbered in lower digits....before to long you'll be heading to GITMO for TREASON! We don't FORGET We don't FORGIVE EXPECT US EVERYWHERE! WE WILL BE THERE ..EVEN TAPING LIVE YOUR PAID TO APPEAR FOR YOUR USELESS-RALLIES!
More distraction propaganda. What are your thoughts on the issues facing our nation?
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all these subpoenas on a suspicion / presumption of a crime, with no evidence of an actual crime to rightfully trigger them. Its desperate and dastardly. this perverts the standards of Justice. Its in Bad Faith fuck the Democrats
He has been blocking everything since day 1. So what’s the hold up?
WPJohnWagner
Sorry Joe Biden unless a significant amount of Republicans come on board to the idea of impeachment, it goes nowhere, and Trump has the leadership of the GOP in his pocket through outright intimidation and manipulation.
You do know Mr VP JoeBiden senatemajldr isn’t going to let that happen, right? He’s drank the koolaide.
MediocreConmanOnTheRopes
While you’re at it, you might note he is perfectly within his rights!
Stop playing politics Joe Biden.
Biden isn’t in Congress. We don’t need his opinion on every little thing. bidenfatigue
Think you and your boy Obama along with many of your admin should be worried about the investigation on your corruption and spying
Mueller Mueller He's our man! If he can't do it Nobody can!
What you say Mr. Ukrain
ImpeachDonaldTrump
Do it... stop with the threats and do it !! We don’t think the Dems have the 🏀 ‘s
That’s great..just do it!
There's already no alternative. impeachTrump