Who?
Rep. James Comer (R-KY) — Chair, House Oversight Committee
LISTEN: Laslo & Comer
Ask a Pol asks:
How are you feeling about the impeachment case for President Joe Biden after the one for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s failed in the Senate?
Key Comer:
“My job is to investigate, get the truth to the American people — we've done that. Now we're going to hold them accountable,” Oversight Chair James Comer exclusively tells Ask a Pol.
Caught our ear: What’s strongest part of your case?
“I'll disclose that later,” Comer said.
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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. James Comer (R-KY), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. James Comer
SCENE: Chair Comer’s about to hop an elevator in the US Capitol, so we hitch a ride as we fumble to flip our mic on.
James Comer: “Good, how are you?”
Matt Laslo: “Livin’ the dream.”
JC: “Yeah.”
ML: “Hey, how are feeling Biden impeachment after what we saw with Mayorkas being dispensed? Does that make you have to bolster your case? Or…?”
JC: “No, I mean, I don’t think that anybody’s excited. Look, again, I've said this a thousand times. My job is to investigate, get the truth to the American people — we've done that. Now we're going to hold them accountable — I'm going to try to hold them accountable — and we'll see what that looks like very soon.”
ML: “Do you think you have a strong enough case that the Senate won't be able to disband it like…?”
JC: “Well, I mean, I don't think it's any secret. The Senate is never going to convict anyone, doesn't matter what you prove.”
ML: “But is your case strong enough that they kind of have to have a trial?”
JC: “Well, I mean, I feel like it is, but, you know, I'm not the one that decides that.”
ML: “What's the strongest part of your case right now?”
“I’m sorry,” Laslo says to an attendant.
JC: “What now?”
ML: “What's the strongest part of your case right now?”
JC: “I'll disclose that later. That's what [Oversight Ranking Democrat Jaime] Raskin was trying to get me to do in the last hearing so that they can spend time and try to rebut it in the media and all of that.”
ML: “He's doing my job!”
JC: “Yeah, right, right, right.”
ML: “Have a good one, sir.”
JC: “Good to see you.”
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Chair Comer: "I'm going to try to hold [Biden] accountable" during impeachment