Arguing about impeachment during Thanksgiving? Here are some key facts about the inquiry into President Trump
At Thanksgiving, many of us will be subject to — or subjecting our hosts to — a wide range of opinions about the impeachment inquiry. Below, a compendium of impeachment facts that may be useful as a reference over the holiday weekend. Some may seem basic, but they are by no means obvious to everyone.Have the Democrats been trying to impeach the president since he took office?
Republicans also called for the public testimony of the whistleblower, whose complaint — that Trump had abused his power for political gain by pressuring Ukraine’s president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden — set off the impeachment investigation.Story continuesBecause House Democrats decided that his testimony was unnecessary.
Republicans control the executive branch and the Senate, while Democrats control the House. There are issues waiting for a vote — a looming government shutdown and Trump’s new North American trade agreement — but the House committees’ work on impeachment is far from the only thing behind the holdup.Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
Many firsthand witnesses, including John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, and Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, have defied subpoenas and requests to testify.New testimony by Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, indicates that they could have.
As Republicans seized on the testimony, Schiff pushed back on the idea that Trump was not the one making the decisions.
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