Five of POLITICO’s reporters who have been covering Trump’s presidency and the impeachment push share their thoughts on where we are in this historic moment
Impeachment is here. Democrats say that after nearly three years of Donald Trump’s presidency they are serious about considering his removal from office.
It was only a matter of time before we got here—the number of Democrats calling for an impeachment inquiry was steadily rising, and Trump’s call with the president of Ukraine was just the tipping point — and the smoking gun — they needed to move forward. The fact that the White House released a record of the call only appears to have helped the Democrats make their case, contrary to what Trump seemed to hope it would do: reassure everyone that the call was “perfect” and “legal.
Let’s talk logistics: How many articles of impeachment do you think the House will write? And how long will impeachment proceedings last?I’ll leave this to my colleagues who spend all day reporting on the Hill, but my sense is that while Pelosi would prefer impeachment articles to be short and easy for the public to understand, presenting a consistent pattern of misconduct by the president may be more effective — and more convincing in the annals of history.
. On the flipside, the whistleblower complaint says some officials raised concerns about the Trump strategy made plain in the call. Who voiced those worries? Where were the complaints directed? Did no one take any action other than the whistleblower?It’ll be interesting to see what Democrats extract from the Trump administration about the role of the president’s aides and advisers.
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