Democrats in the US House judiciary committee are expected to announce two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump
Democrats in the US House of Representatives are expected to unveil two articles of impeachment against Republican President Donald Trump, a senior Democratic aide says, setting the stage for a
House foreign affairs committee chairman Eliot Engel said Democratic lawmakers planned to make an announcement onUS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was stopped in her tracks by the reporter's question.Jerrold Nadler, the Democratic chairman of the House judiciary committee, closed the nine-hour hearing on Monday with a condemnation of Mr Trump's actions soliciting help from Ukraine against Democratic 2020 US presidential rival Joe Biden.
The judiciary panel could vote this week on whether to send formal charges to the full Democratic-led House. Republicans accused Democrats of embarking on a politically driven mission to oust Mr Trump from office without direct evidence he had abused his power, obstructed Congress or committed other impeachable offences.
They also argued there was no first-hand evidence Mr Trump withheld $US391 million in military aid or a White House meeting to get his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, as well as a debunked theory that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 US election.
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