A key committee of the Democrat-led US House of Representatives is poised to approve two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
After working late into the night on Wednesday in an unusually solemn meeting, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to continue that session on Thursday before voting on whether to advance two impeachment articles to the full House for approval next week.
The first article charges Trump and his aides pressured Ukraine to announce an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading Democratic candidate, to help Trump’s re-election. The second article of impeachment charges Trump with obstructing the House’s effort to investigate the matter with an “unprecedented, categorical and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by the House” in a manner “subversive” of the US Constitution.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing, and labelled the impeachment inquiry a “witch-hunt” and “sham”. This week, he called the impeachment articles “very weak” and then added the Democrats were “very weak”. ‘Polarised, partisan age’ Neither side of the political aisle appeared willing to concede to the views of the other even as they appealed to each other for understanding.
“It seems like we live in an alternate reality with Republicans here who say that if it swims and quacks like a duck it’s a piano,” Lofgren said.
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