Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) isn’t scared, and he doesn’t think his fellow Democrats should be either.Manchin on Wednesday suggested he’s open to calling Hunter Biden as a witness in the impeachment trial. “Being afraid to put anybody that might have pertinent information is wrong, no matter if you’re a Democrat or a Republican,” he said during in an interview with MSNBC’s Willie Geist. “If it’s relevant then it should be there.”> Senator Manchin says he’s open to calling Hunter Biden… https://t.co/gmJyr6GbFX> > — Robert Costa (@costareports) January 29, 2020Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, has been present in President Trump’s impeachment saga since the beginning. It was, after all, the Ukrainian gas company upon whose board he sat that Trump wanted Ukraine to investigate. Recently, there’s been some theorizing that if former National Security Adviser John Bolton is brought into testify during the Senate trial, Republicans could counter by bringing in the younger Biden.Democrats have largely decried the idea, but Manchin doesn’t appear to share the majority of his party’s perspective. He did, however, say he thinks Hunter Biden would be able to “clear himself” if he does testify.More stories from theweek.com It’s 2020 and women are exhausted The 3 kinds of Republicans that Bolton’s testimony would reveal Bolton reportedly received a formal threat from White House to prevent book publication
