US House panel to consider formalising Trump impeachment probe

The Democratic-led US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee said on Monday it will consider steps this week to formalise an investigation that could lead to the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

The measure to be considered on Thursday would authorise panel chairperson Jerrold Nadler to designate committee and subcommittee hearings as impeachment proceedings. Only two American presidents have been impeached by the House: Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1999. Neither was convicted by the Senate, which is required to remove a president.

But the approach has been criticised by Republicans for avoiding a precedent from the Nixon and Clinton eras, when formal impeachment inquiries were authorised by the full House. At least 134 House Democrats support an impeachment inquiry, a Reuters head count shows. While that is a majority of the party caucus, the number is well below the 218 votes needed for the House to approve a resolution.

Nadler has since broadened the investigation to other kinds of potential misconduct, including accusations that Trump has improperly mixed his business interests with his role as president, dangled pardons to encourage official misconduct and paid money during the 2016 campaign to silence women claiming to have had affairs with him.

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