BOOM: Key Republicans split with Trump on Biden investigation push.

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"President Trump is pushing hard for an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, but the prospect
of using the Oval Office to go after a political rival is prompting some GOP senators to speak out.

Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah), Susan Collins (Maine), Ben Sasse (Neb.) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.) have raised concerns, to
varying degrees, about launching a politically motivated probe into the Bidens

Romney on Friday said Trump's call for China to investigate Biden was "wrong and appalling. "When the only American
citizen President Trump singles out for China’s investigation is his political opponent in the midst of the Democratic
nomination process, it strains credulity to suggest that it is anything other than politically motivated," Romney said in a
statement, which he also tweeted.

A day later, Collins said it was "completely inappropriate" for Trump to urge China to investigate Biden and his son. "I
thought the president made a big mistake by asking China to get involved in investigating a political opponent," Collins told
the Bangor Daily News. "It’s completely inappropriate." "