The Ukraine scandal raging around Donald Trump is forcing Democrats to confront a fateful choice on impeachment that will not just shape the 2020 election but will echo down the ages, StCollinson writes
The facts of whether the President pressured Ukraine to investigate his potential Democratic general election opponent Joe Biden while a US military aid package was on the table are still obscured.Trump supporters say there is so far no evidence that he offered a quid pro quo to the Ukrainians and note that an intelligence community whistleblower who raised the alarm was operating with a second-hand knowledge of Trump's conversations.
But Schiff, a Pelosi ally, suggested things may be about to change."This would be an extraordinary remedy, a remedy of last resort and not first resort," Schiff said Sunday on CNN's"State of the Union.
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