WATCH: Speaker Pelosi's full statement announcing an official impeachment inquiry against President Trump: 'The president must be held accountable. No one is above the law.' Latest:
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who for months resisted efforts to launch impeachment proceedings against, announced a formal inquiry on Tuesday, saying that the president’s burgeoning Ukraine scandal marked a “breach of his Constitutional responsibilities."
"The actions of the Trump presidency revealed the dishonorable fact of the president's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security, and betrayal of the integrity of our elections," she continued."Therefore, today I am announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry."
The impeachment drive follows days of revelations surrounding Trump's apparent push to have the Ukrainian government investigate the former vice president's son Hunter Biden, who had business dealings in the country. On Monday, The Washington Post and other media outlets reported that Trump instructed his acting
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