House Democrats zeroing in on framework for their impeachment case against Pres. Trump that will center on a simple “abuse of power” narrative involving president's actions regarding Ukraine, according to multiple people familiar with deliberations.
House leaders learned the importance of a simple message after special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election was “exceptionally compelling but too hard to digest,” said Chuck Rosenberg, a former U.S. attorney and senior FBI official. “There seems to be a clear pattern of the president doing things for personal political gain” in Ukraine while putting “U.S. national security at risk,” he said.
In those same battlegrounds, 54 percent of respondents said it is either very or totally convincing that Trump is “abusing his authority” and that lawmakers need to “uphold the rule of law.” The findings are important given that Pelosi had been concerned about political fallout for her party’s most vulnerable Democrats of any impeachment inquiry. In the memo, Bustos says the “the numbers do not back up Republicans’ posture that impeachment worsens the political environment for House Democrats.
In a news conference last week, House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said the next phase of the impeachment process will likely be open hearings where evidence is presented to the public and the full House. White House Counsel Pat Cipollone wrote to Pelosi on Oct 8 that the administration would not cooperate at all with what he called the House’s “” impeachment inquiry. The White House has also attempted to block testimony by witnesses, including U.S. ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland, actions that could be central to any obstruction or contempt of Congress article.
Multiple congressional committees have been investigating additional possible charges against the president and his administration, including those related to profits earned overseas and at home as president in violation of the Constitution’s, among others. Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., wrote to committee chairs in August asking them to send him their most important findings.
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