Biden Reiterates He Would Not Comply With Senate Subpoena in Impeachment Trial

Biden Reiterates He Would Not Comply With Senate Subpoena in Impeachment Trial
Democratic presidential hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the sixth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 19, 2019. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
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Former Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday that he would not comply with a subpoena to testify before the Senate in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.

Biden told Des Moines Register’s executive editor Carol Hunter in an interview that he thinks to comply with the subpoena would “take the focus off” Trump, adding that it was the president’s tactic to divert attention away from himself and the allegations against him.