Mississippi Rep. Guest to Newsmax: US Has Reached 'Maximum' in Russia Sanctions

The United States has "reached a maximum as far as sanctions" and there is "nothing more we can do at this point," so President Joe Biden, with his warning of "severe consequences" in the event Russia launches chemical weapons against Ukraine, "must be referring to possible military intervention," Rep. Michael Guest said on Newsmax Friday.

"There's nothing more we could do at this point to impose any more sanctions on Russia than have already been put in place," the Mississippi Republican said on Newsmax's "John Bachman Now."

Such military intervention could include additional intelligence or weapons for Ukraine, he said, but such options "must be on the table" if chemical weapons are used. 

"I believe that it is very important that we have that discussion, and we must do everything within our power to stop [Vladimir] Putin, but at the same time to make sure that the conflict that we're seeing in Ukraine does not spread further."

Meanwhile, Guest said that Russia's allegations that the United States has been involved in bio labs in Ukraine are nothing but a "false flag" being used as an explanation for the invasion of Ukraine. 

"The information that I've received — the information is available publicly — is that these biological laboratories ... were functional at the time in which Ukraine was under the old Iron Curtain, part of the old Soviet Union," said Guest. "Putin is using this strictly as a means to justify his invasion."

Meanwhile, Guest accused Biden of taking action against Russia based on whether Congress is about to supersede him, and said Congress must further exercise its authority to take action in the Russia-Ukraine situation.