US lawmakers begin debating impeachment articles against Trump

WASHINGTON - Democrats in the US House of Representatives moved closer on Wednesday to impeaching President Donald Trump as a key House committee began debating formal articles of impeachment that are expected to be brought to the House floor next week.

But the committee's top Republican, Doug Collins, accused Democrats of being predisposed towards impeachment and argued that the evidence did not support it.Trump has denied wrongdoing and condemned the impeachment inquiry as a hoax. The committee is expected to approve the charges some time on Thursday. The full Democratic-led House is likely to follow suit next week, making Trump the third president in US history to be impeached.

Trump's new thinking could remove a potential source of friction with Senate Republicans, who appeared to balk at the idea of a long trial with witnesses. Asked why he thought Republican senators were now talking about a short trial, possibly with no witnesses, Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said:"I think the answer is obvious. They want to move on because obviously they think more attention paid to this is not in their best interest in re-election."

Many Democrats in those swing districts remain unsure how they will vote on impeachment, although with a 36-seat lead over Republicans in the House, passage is expected.

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