在…期间有“非常真实”和“极其严重”的指控新罕布什尔州州长克里斯·苏努努周日表示，针对总统乔·拜登的家人，对他们的调查必须在国会共和党人推进任何弹劾相关程序之前“在法庭上进行”。
“我们必须找出所有的证据是什么，”苏努努在美国广播公司的“本周”节目中说，在他的党内其他人的推动下，比如众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡.
“如果被判有罪，是的，我认为国会肯定应该采取一些措施，”苏努努说。
“我认为他们真的，真的远远没有弄清楚现实是什么，”他继续说道。“但这些都是非常严重的指控，肯定要跟进。”
上周，一项认罪协议发生在联邦检察官和总统的儿子亨特·拜登之间分崩离析——至少是暂时的——导致亨特·拜登对税收指控不认罪。在认罪协议听证会期间，检察官在法庭上表示，他们对亨特·拜登的调查仍在进行中。
另外，共和党议员强调一份未经证实的联邦调查局消息称几年前，一名乌克兰寡头给了乔和亨特·拜登1000万美元，显然是作为回报。
白宫坚决否认这一点，称这是在特朗普政府下调查并“揭穿”的。
“很明显，国会共和党人决意玩无耻、不诚实的政治，并拒绝让真相挡道，”白宫发言人本月早些时候表示。
总统和他的助手都一再表示，他没有参与他儿子的商业交易，尽管保守派人士声称并非如此。
在“本周”节目中，苏努努建议共和党人应该将注意力转移到“美国人的日常生活”中更紧迫的问题上，如对边境和“阿片类药物危机”的担忧。
苏努努说:“美国在精神健康、阿片类药物危机、保卫边境、让华盛顿特区的某些人在财政上保持理智方面存在令人惊讶的问题——因为即使是共和党人最近也没有在这方面做得很好。”
受欢迎的四届州长苏努努最近表示，明年将不会竞选连任。他曾考虑竞选白宫，但最终拒绝了，担心共和党初选领域的太多竞争对手会帮助特朗普，他仍然是特朗普的直言不讳的批评者。
虽然尚不清楚苏努努卸任后计划做什么，但他在“本周”节目中表示，2024年“我将确保特朗普不是候选人”，他还解释了为什么其他共和党候选人有真正的机会，尽管早期民调显示特朗普处于领先地位。
“他当然会在顶端。他有名字ID，知名度，所有这些。”苏努努说。但是，他指出，一些州级民调显示特朗普没有获得多数席位，他说，“大多数共和党人显然不希望他——这是一个机会。”
“这不是2016年的唐纳德·特朗普。别自欺欺人了，”苏努努争辩道。“越来越多的人意识到，他没有精力，没有快球。...唯一更糟糕的是一部肥皂剧的重播，而这正是他带来的。”
就特朗普而言，他嘲笑苏努努是一个“讨厌的家伙”。
对于其他主要竞争对手来说，“这是关于激励，”苏努努在“本周”中建议“这就是代价。”
“特朗普实际上无法赢得11月24日的选票——他可以获得提名，但他实际上无法与拜登达成协议，”苏努努说。所以，如果你要支持川普，你就要把它交给拜登和卡玛拉·哈里斯政府。这不是一件好事。这就是为什么我认为很多其他候选人将有机会崛起。"
苏努努说，他相信在明年初爱荷华州党团会议和新罕布什尔州初选之后，共和党的广泛领域将缩小到与特朗普的一对一比赛——尽管挑战者尚未确定。苏努努对南卡罗来纳州参议员蒂姆·斯科特、企业家兼评论员维韦克·拉马斯瓦米和佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯给予了积极评价，他们目前排名第二。
苏努努说:“我认为你会看到四、五、也许六名(候选人)进入爱荷华州，”这还不到目前名单的一半。“三个、四个或五个可能会来到新罕布什尔州。然后一切都从那里落下来。”
但如果特朗普再次赢得提名，苏努努尽管对两党第三方团体No Labels表示赞赏，但表示他不会支持他们未来的“团结”票，而不是更大的目标。
“共和党提名人不会是唐纳德·特朗普，”他坚称。
GOP shouldn't move forward with Biden impeachment probe unless there's a conviction: Sununu
Whilethere are "very real" and "incredibly serious" allegationsagainst President Joe Biden's family, investigations into them must "play out in court" before congressional Republicans move forward with any impeachment-related proceedings, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu argued on Sunday.
"We have to find out what all the evidence is," Sununu said in an appearance on ABC's "This Week," in a break with a push by others in his party,such as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
"If found guilty, yes, I think Congress should definitely take something up," Sununu said.
"I think they're really, really far from really figuring out what the realities there are," he continued. "But those are very serious accusations that have to be followed up, for sure."
Last week, a plea dealstruck between federal prosecutors and the president's son Hunter Bidenfell apart -- at least temporarily -- leading Hunter Biden to plead not guilty to tax charges. Prosecutors said in court during the plea deal hearing that their investigation of Hunter Biden was ongoing.
Separately, GOP lawmakers have highlightedan unverified FBI source report alleging that, years ago, a Ukrainian oligarch paid Joe and Hunter Biden $10 million, apparently in return for favors.
The White House adamantly denies this, saying it was investigated under the Trump administration and "debunked."
"It's clear that congressional Republicans are dead-set on playing shameless, dishonest politics and refuse to let truth get in the way," a White House spokesman said earlier this month.
Both the president and his aides have repeatedly said he didn't get involved in his son's business dealings, though conservatives claim otherwise.
On "This Week," Sununu suggested that Republicans should shift their focus to much more pressing issues in the "everyday lives of Americans," such as concerns about the border and the "opioid crisis."
"America has got amazing problems around mental health, around the opioid crisis, fighting to secure the border, having somebody in Washington, D.C., have some fiscal sanity -- because even Republicans don't do a very good job of that lately," Sununu said.
A popular four-term governor, Sununu recently said will not run for reelection next year. He had considered a run for the White House but ultimately declined, worrying that too many competitors in the GOP primary field would help Trump, of whom he remains a vocal critic.
While it's unclear what Sununu plans to do after leaving office, he said on "This Week" that "I'm going to make sure Trump isn't the candidate" in 2024 and he made his case for why other GOP candidates have a real shot despite early polls showing Trump is the front-runner.
"Of course he was going to be at the top. He's got the name ID, the recognition, all of that." Sununu said. But, pointing to some state-level polls showing Trump without a majority, he said "the fact that the majority of Republicans clearly don't want him -- that's an opportunity."
"This is not the Donald Trump of 2016. Don't fool yourself," Sununu contended. "And as more and more folks realize that, he doesn't have the energy, he doesn't have the fast ball. ... The only thing worse is the rerun of a soap opera, and that's what he's bringing."
Trump, for his part, has derided Sununu as a "nasty guy."
For other primary competitors to lead, "it's about galvanizing," Sununu advised on "This Week." "That's what it takes."
"Trump cannot actually win the votes in November of '24 -- he can get the nomination, but he can't actually close the deal against Biden," Sununu said. "So, if you're going to support Trump, you're going to hand it to the Biden and Kamala Harris administration. That is not a good thing. And that's why I think a lot of these other candidates are going to have an opportunity to surge."
Sununu said he believes that following the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary early next year, the wide GOP field will narrow down to a one-on-one race against Trump -- though that challenger is not yet set. Sununu spoke positively of South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, entrepreneur and commentator Vivek Ramaswamy and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, currently polling in second.
"I think you'll see four, five, maybe six [candidates] come into Iowa," which would be less than half of the current list, Sununu said. "Three or four or five maybe come into New Hampshire. And then everything kind of falls from there."
But if Trump does win the nomination again, Sununu, although complimentary toward No Labels, a bipartisan third-party group, indicated he would not back their prospective "unity" ticket over the bigger goal.
"The Republican nominee is not going to be Donald Trump," he insisted.
