Trump likely to face at least 3 impeachment articles

Trump is likely to become the 3rd president in US history to be impeached by the House of Representatives.

The Democratic-controlled panel will then vote on the articles which, if passed, will be presented to the full 435-member House, where Democrats enjoy a majority. “The solicitation constituted an abuse of the office of the presidency because President Trump was using his office to seek a personal political and electoral advantage over his political rival,” said Noah Feldman, a law professor at Harvard University.“By freezing aid to Ukraine and by dangling the promise of a White House visit , the president was corruptly using the powers of the presidency for personal political gain,” he added.

Michael Gerhardt, a University of North Carolina law professor, said Trump’s “serious misconduct” includes bribery because he was “soliciting a personal favour from a foreign leader in exchange for his exercise of power”.Trump’s refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas issued by House impeachment investigators could form the basis of a charge of obstruction of Congress.

“The power to impeach includes the power to investigate, but, if the president can stymie this House’s impeachment inquiry, he can eliminate the impeachment power as a means for holding him and future presidents accountable for serious misconduct,” Gerhardt said.The articles of impeachment for obstruction of justice may stem from the report released earlier this year by special counsel Robert Mueller.

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