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Independent Rep. Justin AmashJustin AmashAmash calls McCarthy incompetent, dishonest after ’60 Minutes’ interview The Memo: Will impeachment create an even more polarized nation? GOP lawmaker clarifies he doesn’t back impeachment after voicing support for inquiry MORE (Mich.) on Sunday hit Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin Owen McCarthyAmash calls McCarthy incompetent, dishonest after ’60 Minutes’ interview ’60 Minutes’ correspondent presses McCarthy on impeachment inquiry GOP battens down the hatches after release of Trump whistleblower complaint MORE (Calif.) over an interview the Republican House leader did about the impeachment inquiry against President TrumpDonald John TrumpAmash calls McCarthy incompetent, dishonest after ’60 Minutes’ interview GOP lawmaker blasts Trump for quoting pastor warning of civil war over impeachment ’60 Minutes’ correspondent presses McCarthy on impeachment inquiry MORE.

Kevin McCarthy again displays his unique brand of incompetence and dishonesty,” Amash tweeted along with a video of the interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes.”

In the interview, McCarthy was pressed by host Scott Pelley on the July 25 phone call between Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, in which Trump pressed Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenAmash calls McCarthy incompetent, dishonest after ’60 Minutes’ interview GOP lawmaker blasts Trump for quoting pastor warning of civil war over impeachment ’60 Minutes’ correspondent presses McCarthy on impeachment inquiry MORE and his son Hunter Biden, according to a partial transcript released by the White House.

Amash left the Republican Party on July 4 after coming out in support of impeachment following the release of former special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerFox News legal analyst says Trump call with Ukraine leader could be ‘more serious’ than what Mueller ‘dragged up’ Lewandowski says Mueller report was ‘very clear’ in proving ‘there was no obstruction,’ despite having ‘never’ read it Fox’s Cavuto roasts Trump over criticism of network MORE‘s report into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Mueller laid out 10 potential cases of obstruction of justice by Trump, and Amash determined that at least some of them reached the threshold for impeachment.

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