US House panel votes to ramp up Trump impeachment probe

WASHINGTON - The Democratic-led US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to intensify its investigation of Republican President Donald Trump on Thursday , as lawmakers edged closer to deciding whether to recommend his impeachment.

A more aggressive probe could also increase pressure on House Democratic leaders including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has resisted impeachment of Trump as a politically risky step for moderate Democratic freshmen from swing districts where ousting the president is an unpopular idea. Trump and his Republicans allies charge that former US Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign's possible collusion stemmed from an earlier effort to sink his candidacy, and later his presidency, by former officials at the Justice Department.

Nancy Pelosi stands firm on impeachment stance Representative Doug Collins, the panel's top Republican, said the resolution simply reiterates powers that the committee has had all along. Committee Democrats plan to use the new tactics that allow an hour of questioning by committee lawyers of Corey Lewandowski, a close Trump confidant and one of his campaign managers in 2016. Lewandowski is due to appear before the panel next Tuesday for what may be a contentious hearing.

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