Utah House members not joining other Republicans in vote to impeach President Trump

SALT LAKE CITY — House Democrats along with some Republicans are poised to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday for inciting a riot at the U.S. Capitol last week.

At least six Republicans have said they intend to vote for impeachment, including Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House Republican.

Utah's four GOP congressmen, however, won't be among the bipartisan majority looking to expel the president a week before he leaves office.

In his first speech on the House floor Wednesday, Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, said that without a single hearing or investigation "I simply cannot reach the high bar of impeachment."

Noting that he was abandoning the remainder of his prepared remarks, Moore, who took office 10 days ago, vowed to his district that he would be "objective."

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