Hawley: It will 'further divide the country' to investigate my role in riot

Hawley is hiding behind President Joe Biden's call for unity to avoid consequences for his actions.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is trying to avoid an ethics investigation into his role in inciting the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 by claiming that any probe into his conduct would be a violation of President Joe Biden's call for unity.

Hawley made the statement in response to a complaint seven Democratic senators filed with the Senate Ethics Committee, in which they demanded an investigation into the role Hawley and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) played in the terror attack at the Capitol, where a mob of Donald Trump supporters sought to block certification of Biden's victory at the behest of Trump himself.

Trump was impeached for a second time for inciting the mob, and Hawley and Cruz are both facing calls to resign, as they are also considered by some to be ring leaders of the effort.