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Trump slams 'witch hunt' after House impeachment vote | TheHill

posted onNovember 1, 2019
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Article snippet: tweet sent immediately after the vote Thursday morning, Trump declared the impeachment probe “The Greatest Witch Hunt In American History” — echoing language he has often used to describe the impeachment inquiry and special counsel MORE’s Russia investigation before that. White House press secretary voted 232-196 in favor of advancing impeachment inquiry procedures. Republicans were unanimous in opposing the resolution, and two Democrats voted against it. The vote sets the stage for a public phase of impeachment proceedings related to the Trump administration’s policy on Ukraine, and will force the White House’s hand on whether anything might compel it to cooperate with the investigation after it spent recent weeks decrying the lack of transparency in the process thus far. The resolution also gives Republicans the ability to request documents and testimony and issue subpoenas, though Democrats reserve the right to veto their demands. Democrats’ impeachment inquiry centers on a July 25 phone call during which Trump asked Ukraine’s president to “look into” former Vice President MORE and his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine, a contact that triggered an intelligence community whistleblower complaint alleging the president solicited foreign election interference. Trump has insisted the call was “perfect” and about fighting corruption in Ukraine, not politics. The White House has refused to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry since Speaker MORE (D-Cal... Link to the full article to read more

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