WASHINGTON - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives announced formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, a historic move that set the stage for a divisive trial in the Republican-led Senate ahead of the 2020 elections.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler told reporters that Democrats had to take action because Trump had endangered the U.S. Constitution, undermined the integrity of the 2020 election and jeopardized national security. After the articles of impeachment were announced, Trump tweeted “WITCH HUNT!” Earlier, he attacked the impeachment effort, tweeting that to impeach a president when the country has such a strong economy “and most importantly, who has done NOTHING wrong, is sheer Political Madness!”Democratic President Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998 for lying about a sexual relationship he had with a White House intern, but he was acquitted in the Senate.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi leads Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler , House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters and House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff and other Democratic committee chairs through statuary hall to a news conference to announce artiicles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 10, 2019.
“Obstruction and stalemate have brought us to the 11th hour. I hope ... that both chambers will be able to set aside Democrats’ impeachment parade long enough to get the people’s business finally finished,” he said on the Senate floor. The impeachment battle has divided Americans and raised the heat in an already polarized Congress. Top Democrats initially had been reluctant to pursue Trump’s impeachment out of concerns doing so could hurt the party in 2020.“Future Congresses will inevitably make impeachment a political tool to be used anytime a President of the opposing party occupies the White House,” Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said in a statement.
DONALDTRUMP CLOWN SHOW - POLITICAL IMPEACHMENT BECAUSE DEMOCRATS CANT WIN AT THE BALLOT BOX.. WHERE IS THE PRID PRO QUO CAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING NOTHINBURGERS
That looks like a line-up of comic book villains.
These charges are NOT in Article II of the Constitution! What are these people attempting?
THANK YOU to those who had backbone to SPEAK TRUTH TO Power & Public; to do Constitutional duty. Shame on those of u who don't have courage to put right ovr self; on those who call urselves Repubs: u dishonor those be4 u who were true. Wonder what it might be if McCain still w/us
ABUSE OF POWER OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS Yep, that's what I witnessed the last few weeks!
Democrats have dug their own grave...and the POTUS will enjoy dancing on it. The only crime he committed was in kicking their asses in 2016...and the rest of us will ensure he is a repeat offender in 2020.
There will many more impeachments, of Republicans and Democrats, now that Pelosi and Schitt have cheapened the process. The DEMOCRATS have perverted our Constitution, not Trump.
Democrats need to put down the crack. They're batshit crazy.
Nothing about the bribery that he allegedly committed that started the whole impeachment process in the first place. They've known from the beginning there wasn't enough evidence. Their impeachment process not only fails to meet Constitutional requirements, but is treasonous.
Hope America remembers this disgraceful traitors to the Constitution!
Lol. Democrats seems to have really low EQ. This will only make American vote out the democrats from Congress and give more power to Trump
They committed crimes under the name of freedom and democracy. Bullshit. There are only money and interest in their eyes.
American politicians are shits. They are blind to justice. They are most evil animals I have ever seen because they kill, they destroy in order to clean country who say no to them.
Thank you for upholding your oath of office❤️
What a crew of corrupt individuals..How do they sleep at nite.
Hi Can i get the number 8 2 nothing burger 🍔 Please super size that thanks
What happened to bribery and quid pro quo? Gone?
For 3 years the media fanned the false narrative of the Steele Dossier. Are we really expected to believe the mainstream media?
Obama neclaer deal with Iranians is the worset and need more than the impeachment.
Schiffty Schiff talks a load of shit at the best of times.
Problem with repAdamSchiff's delusion, which has been subsumed by the Democrats writ large, is there is NO WAY to connect nonexistent dots between a Constitutional mandate for the president to investigate corruption and any intent to affect an election.
With no proof, JFK is rolling in his grave, with how far his party has fallen
Trump will be elected in 2020. Trump will take 20% of democrats. 35% black, 55% hispanic, 55% oriental, 60% independent, 100% Republican, 100% AMERICAN!!!! Thank You Democrats. TRUMP2020KAG!!!!!
Storm in a teacup!
Word of warning/advice to Republicans: We are only seeing the tiny tip of The Tip of the Huge Iceberg. We know what Trump has done while President, only because he was caught. We will learn the rest. Then, after he is gone, investigations will uncover his entire thieving life
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