Saturday, September 28, 2019

Democrats Set Rapid Timetable for Trump Impeachment Probe

House Democrats have settled on a narrow impeachment inquiry into President Trump centered on his campaign to enlist Ukraine to hurt a political rival, a rapid strategy that will produce hearings within a few weeks and build to a possible vote by November.

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Some key Democrats have suggested Mr. Trump was guilty of a "Corrupt abuse of power"-potential grounds for impeachment-when he repeatedly pressed Mr. Zelensky in a July phone call to work with his lawyer, Mr. Giuliani, and Attorney General William Barr on investigations of former Vice President Joe Biden and his son.

Mr. Trump has repeatedly described his call with the Ukrainian president as "Perfect" and dismissed the investigation on Twitter as a "Democrat Scam." His Republican allies have made the case that a rough transcript of the call released by the White House shows no explicit demand for a probe in return for the aid.

In the subpoena to Mr. Pompeo, the committees said multiple State Department officials had knowledge of the subject of their impeachment probe and that new revelations raised "Troubling questions about State Department officials' possible involvement in the President's efforts to press Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 U.S. election." They said Mr. Pompeo's failure to share documents impaired the ability of Congress to protect the country's national security and the integrity of its democracy.

For much of this year, Democrats' debate on whether to pursue impeachment of Mr. Trump centered on Mr. Mueller's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The panel's top Republican, Rep. Devin Nunes of California, has echoed Mr. Trump in saying that Democrats are engaged in a witch hunt.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-committees-seek-documents-about-ukraine-aid-delay-11569608326?mod=hp_lead_pos1

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