Could Biden be impeached over Nord Stream attack? Senator says it's likely

Last September, the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines exploded beneath the North Sea. The pipelines were designed to transport natural gas from Russia to Germany (Nord Stream 2 had not yet become operational, at the time of the explosion). Many suspected that Russia was responsible for the act of sabotage. Now, the veteran investigative reporter Seymour Hersh has claimed that a U.S. Navy team of divers based in Florida carried out the operation.

The White House labeled Hersh's report "utterly false and complete fiction." But if Hersh's claims are true, the operation was an act of war against two nations—one of them a NATO ally. President Joe Biden would have done this without congressional authorization—indeed, without so much as consulting any members of Congress. For military actions far less consequential than this, Biden used to attack his Republican predecessors as "monarchists."
The U.S. has long opposed the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Biden threatened that "f Russia invades...there will no longer be a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it." Earlier, Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland (who has worked hand in glove with the Biden family on Ukraine matters since 2014) stated that "f Russia invades Ukraine, one way or another Nord Stream 2 will not move forward."

After the explosion, the Biden administration expressed satisfaction. Nuland said, "the administration is very gratified to know that Nord Stream 2 is now...a hunk of metal at the bottom of the sea." Secretary of State Blinken stated that the pipelines' destruction provided a "tremendous strategic opportunity for the years to come."