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Trump tears into impeachment probe, witnesses in early Twitter spree | TheHill

posted onNovember 10, 2019
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Article snippet: early Saturday morning tweetstorm as the inquiry is set to enter a new, public phase next week.  He retweeted 17 messages in roughly an hour hammering Democrats over the probe, including a handful specifically going after some witnesses who have already testified behind closed doors. “STU: ‘The #democrats know they can't remove @realDonaldTrump from office but they'll go ahead with the #impeachment process anyways because they detest him!’” Fox Business host Stuart Varney said in a post retweeted by Trump. “A total and complete circus! Just petty politicians trying to undo @realDonaldTrump's victory. Now, if only the ringleaders would let Congress get back to work on behalf of the American people,” read a post from Rep. MORE (R-Kan.) that the president highlighted. The House’s impeachment inquiry was launched in September amid Democratic concerns that Trump leveraged $400 million in military aid to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to publicly open an investigation into unfounded corruption allegations against former Vice President MORE, a top political rival, and his son. The White House has repeatedly blasted the House investigation as a "witch hunt" and decried Democrats' efforts as "unhinged" after they voted to formalize the inquiry late last month.  Democrats have countered the president has abused his oath of office by seeking to involve foreign nations in U.S. domestic politics after publicizing testimony from several witnesses who said ther... Link to the full article to read more

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