Article snippet: A wave of lawmakers from the state of Washington on Sunday called for an impeachment inquiry against MORE, making it so that nearly half of the House Democratic Caucus now supports the move. The call from the five Washington state Democrats — Reps. MORE testified to Congress. Although Mueller revealed little that wasn't already included in his 448-page report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, 11 lawmakers have moved to begin supporting an impeachment inquiry since the testimony. The investigation did not find sufficient evidence to prove conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia during the election, and it neither implicated nor cleared Trump on the question of obstruction of justice. Trump touted the hearings as a success, declaring the “phony cloud” cast by the investigation had been lifted and insisted “there was no defense to this ridiculous hoax, this witch hunt.” Over the weekend, however, he took aim at House Oversight and Reform Chairman MORE (D-Md.), an African American lawmaker whose committee is conducting several investigations into the Trump administration. Trump's comments about Cummings and the city of Baltimore were widely condemned by Democrats as racist. Under Cummings, the committee has voted to hold Attorney General MORE. It marked the second time in three weeks that Trump targeted a prominent minority Democratic lawmaker and in many ways mirrored the way his attacks on Reps. MORE (D-Mass.) played out. Another key committee ... Link to the full article to read more
Wave of Washington state lawmakers call for impeachment proceedings against Trump | TheHill
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