‘Abuse
of power’ &
‘obstruction of Congress’:
Democrats unveil
charges in
Trump impeachment
RT,
10 December, 2019
US
House Judiciary Panel chairman Jerry Nadler has announced that two
articles of impeachment will be introduced against President Donald
Trump, including one for abuse of power.
Speaking
to reporters on Tuesday, Nadler said Trump abused his power by
pressuring Ukraine and that he has "declared himself above
accountability."
No
one, not even the president, is above the law.
He
said the second article of impeachment will be for obstruction of
Congress. The Judiciary Committee will meet later this week to
consider the articles.
Nadler
also claimed that lawmakers must "act now" because the
integrity of the 2020 elections are "at stake."
In
a statement following the unveiling of the charges, Trump's 2020
campaign manager Brad Parscale said impeachment was "too
divisive" and Americans "don't agree with this rank
partisanship." The Democrats, he added, are "putting on
this political theater because they don't have a viable candidate for
2020 and they know it."
Trump
is now officially the fourth US president to face impeachment and, if
impeached, would be the third to face a trial in the Senate.
Democrats
launched impeachment proceedings on the back of whistleblower claims
that Trump had tried to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky to open a corruption probe into a gas company employing
former VP Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. They claim that Trump offered
Zelensky a quid pro quo, offering military aid in return for an
investigation which could hurt Biden politically during the 2020
presidential campaign.
The
first White House official to respond to the introduction of
impeachment articles, Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney told the
Wall Street Journal that the impeachment inquiry was a "political
process, not a legal process."
On
Twitter, Trump himself hit back, saying that the notion that he
pressured Ukraine was "ridiculous" and that Nadler "knows
that is not true."
The first White House official to respond to the introduction of impeachment articles, Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney told the Wall Street Journal that the impeachment inquiry was a "political process, not a legal process."
On Twitter, Trump himself hit back, saying that the notion that he pressured Ukraine was "ridiculous" and that Nadler "knows that is not true."
Republicans believe the impeachment inquiry is a political witch hunt against the president and say that Democrats have so far produced no solid proof of any wrongdoing by Trump.
Read articles of impeachment against Trump HERE
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