“The facts are uncontested. The president abused his power for his own personal political benefit.” Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she is asking House committees to move to impeach President Trump.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she is asking House committees to move to impeach President Trump, taking a major step toward making him just the third president in American history to face that sanction.
One major issue Democrats must still resolve is whether to include anything related to Robert S. Mueller III‘s investigation in the impeachment articles. Some Democrats have balked at that, wanting to keep the impeachment focused entirely on Ukraine, while others have said the House must respond to the president’s attempt to have Mueller removed from his role as special counsel leading the probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
Republicans pushed for Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff to present the committee’s report personally — providing them a chance to grill a lawmaker they have heaped blame upon for the investigation — but Democrats rejected that demand., members of the Judiciary Committee focused on three areas that could form the basis of articles of impeachment:
At Wednesday’s Judiciary Committee hearing, three legal scholars testified that Trump’s actions provided grounds for impeachment. A fourth expert, chosen by Republicans, said the House was moving too quickly and had not proved its case. Republicans have repeatedly denounced the Democratic-led proceedings as a “sham” and “a simple railroad job.”
Pelosi then stepped back to the microphone and said Trump is a coward for not doing more on gun control, but said such policy fights are for voters to weigh in the next election and have “nothing to do” with the impeachment.
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