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House Judiciary Committee formally receives impeachment report | TheHill

posted onDecember 7, 2019
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Article snippet: The House Judiciary Committee formally received the impeachment report from three other panels as the House continues to ramp up its investigation into MORE. The House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees officially sent the judiciary panel their impeachment report, along with the GOP “minority views” as the House formally crafts articles of impeachment against the president.  The report, which was released by the intelligence panel earlier this week, is a meticulous, 300-page document outlining the committee’s allegations that Trump abused his power when he pressured Ukraine to investigate former Vice President MORE, a chief political rival, on unfounded corruption claims and 2016 election meddling. “The evidence is clear that President Trump used the power of his office to pressure Ukraine into announcing investigations into his political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, and a debunked conspiracy theory that it was Ukraine, not Russia, that interfered in the 2016 election,” three House Democrat chairs said in a statement. “These investigations were designed to benefit his 2020 presidential reelection campaign.” Speaker announced Thursday that the House has “no choice” but to write up articles of impeachment. "The president's actions have seriously violated the Constitution," Pelosi said in a televised address. "Our democracy is at stake. The president leaves us no choice but to act." Pelosi did not clarify what the articles would be or ... Link to the full article to read more

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