As Democrats move ahead with impeachment, Republicans insist Trump did not engage in ‘sinister mob shakedown’ with Ukraine
Congressional Democrats drew a step nearer on Monday to the impeachment of Donald Trump following a day of raucous hearings, with articles of impeachment on abuse of power and on obstruction of Congress expected to be unveiled on Tuesday morning.
Reports on the move, citing anonymous sources, emerged Monday night, following a meeting with the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, the judiciary committee chair, Jerry Nadler, and other senior Democrats. The House foreign affairs committee chair, Eliot Engel, told reporters at the conclusion of the meeting that he and other committee chairs planned to hold a 9am press briefing on Tuesday to announce specifics, according to the Washington Post. Earlier in the evening Pelosi, speaking at a Wall Street Journal event in Washington, said the final decision would rest with the committee leadership.
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