The Democratically-controlled US House of Representatives has now formally drafted Articles of Impeachment against Donald J. Trump.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, House Financial Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, and others appeared in a Tuesday press conference to unveil 2 Articles of Impeachment against Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
“Today, in service to our duty to the Constitution and to our country, the House Committee on the Judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment, charging the President of the United States Donald J. Trump with committing high crimes and misdemeanors,” Nadler said.
READ THE FULL IMPEACHMENT DOCUMENT HERE
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The Articles of Impeachment began by saying:
“Donald J. Trump has abused the powers of the Presidency, in that: Using the powers of his high office, President Trump solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, in the 2020 United States presidential election. Wherefore President Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law.”
“To Impeach a President who has proven through results, including producing perhaps the strongest economy in our country’s history, to have one of the most successful presidencies ever, and most importantly, who has done NOTHING wrong, is sheer Political Madness!” – Donald J. Trump
Political analysts are already applauding Democrats for not only proceeding with formal Articles of Impeachment, but for limiting the articles to only 2 and avoiding any inclusion of the Mueller Report.
“The argument ‘why don’t you just wait’ amounts to this: why don’t you just let him cheat in one more election?” Schiff said during the formal announcement. “Despite everything we have uncovered, the President’s misconduct continues to this day, unapologetically and right now.”
As expected, an angry Donald Trump immediately took to Twitter right on cue with a multitude of tweets denouncing his impending impeachment.
“Nadler just said that I “pressured Ukraine to interfere in our 20202 Election.” Ridiculous, and he knows that is not true. Both the President & Foreign Minister of Ukraine said, many times, that there “WAS NO PRESSURE.” Nadler and the Dems know this, but refuse to acknowledge!,” Trump tweeted.
“Shifty Schiff, a totally corrupt politician, made up a horrible and fraudulent statement, read it to Congress, and said those words came from me. He got caught, was very embarrassed, yet nothing happened to him for committing this fraud. He’ll eventually have to answer for this!,” Trump added.
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To Impeach a President who has proven through results, including producing perhaps the strongest economy in our country’s history, to have one of the most successful presidencies ever, and most importantly, who has done NOTHING wrong, is sheer Political Madness! #2020Election
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2019
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The full House of Representatives will now vote on the 2 Articles of Impeachment as soon as next week. With Democrats in complete control of the House, the vote is a mere formality and will pass without fail. Or, in other words, the impeachment of Donald J. Trump is all but a done deal.
In light of the Democrat’s announcement, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he will schedule a Senate trial and eventual impeachment vote for mid-January of 2020. Although he will be impeached, Trump’s removal from office is all but expected to fail once it reaches the GOP-led US Senate.
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Formal Articles of Impeachment
drawn against Donald Trump.
As I had expressed in a previous response on a related post, I was becoming concerned that had the Dems dragged this thing out (and included too many charges) they would’ve overplayed their hand and risked a huge backlash from the majority of the American people.
I’m glad to see that thus far the Dems are handling this whole process in a just and intelligent manner.
Yes. The Repub-led Senate with vote to save Trump but that is on them. The Dems must do what is right because it is right. History will record, that when it truly mattered, which party stood up for the Constitution AND the Rule of Law. And which party chose to abandon both, in their willful obedience to a pathological lying and absolutely corrupt president.