Article snippet: A momentous week Washington, D.C., is wrapping up Friday after the Ukraine scandal exploded into a formal impeachment inquiry, a decision by House Democrats that marks only the fourth time in US history that a president has faced impeachment. President Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, his political rival, in a phone call July 25. Trump claimed, without evidence, that Biden interfered in a Ukrainian investigation into Biden’s son, Hunter. Pelosi and other House Democrats contend that Trump held back nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine, and they are investigating if he used the money as leverage in his call with Zelensky. The call prompted an explosive whistle-blower complaint and subsequent impeachment inquiry. These are the most significant quotes stemming from the scandal — from eight key players — that may be etched into the history books: Trump in a phone call to Zelensky : “I would like you to do us a favor, though.” Pelosi on Constitutional precedent: “The president must be held accountable. No one is above the law...In the darkest days of the American Revolution, Thomas Paine wrote, ‘The times have found us.’ The times found them to fight for and establish our democracy. The times have found us today — not to place ourselves in the same category of greatness as our founders, but to place us in the urgency of protecting and defending our Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic,” ... Link to the full article to read more