Republican Senator Josh Hawley says he is in favour of
McCarthy’s impeachment inquiry.

“I think the allegations are bad,” he tells reporters.
“The only way to clear it up is let’s just find out. Let’s get the
facts.”

Senator Mitt Romney, too, voiced support, saying he thought the
inquiry was appropriate.

“I think the fact that the White House had been singularly
silent and has coddled Hunter Biden suggests an inquiry is not
inappropriate,” he said. Romney, a moderate Republican, voted to convict
Donald Trump in both his impeachment trials.

But Romney stressed that an inquiry is “very different than
an impeachment”.

“An actual impeachment, would require the evidence of a
high crime or misdemeanour that has not been alleged,” he said.