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House Committee to Set Process for Impeachment Vote

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   The House Rules Committee is set to meet Tuesday to put forth the
   process the full House will follow when it considers articles of
   impeachment against President Donald Trump.

   The procedural step will set the stage for what is widely expected to
   be a vote nearly down party lines Wednesday with the majority Democrats
   approving Trump's impeachment over the objections of lawmakers in his
   Republican Party.

   As the process moved closer to the House vote, Trump sparred Monday
   with House Democrats who accused him of "multiple federal crimes" in
   the abuse of the presidency.

   "The Impeachment Hoax is the greatest con job in the history of
   American politics!" Trump contended on Twitter. "The Fake News Media,
   and their partner, the Democrat Party, are working overtime to make
   life for the United Republican Party, and all it stands for, as
   difficult as possible!"

     READ THE TRANSCRIPTS! The Impeachment Hoax is the greatest con job
     in the history of American politics! The Fake News Media, and their
     partner, the Democrat Party, are working overtime to make life for
     the United Republican Party, and all it stands for, as difficult as
     possible!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]December 16, 2019

   Trump, the 45th U.S. president, would be the third American leader to
   be impeached in the 243-year history of the country, although his
   conviction by the Republican-majority Senate at a trial next month and
   removal from office remains highly unlikely. Senate Majority Leader
   Mitch McConnell told the U.S.-based cable network Fox News last week
   there was "zero chance" the president would be removed from office.

   Trump's Twitter broadsides came as the House Judiciary Committee early
   Monday released a 658-page report detailing the allegations against him
   in two articles of impeachment. One accuses the president of abuse of
   power by soliciting Ukraine to investigate one of his chief 2020
   Democratic challengers, former Vice President Joe Biden. The other
   charges him with obstruction of Congress by refusing to turn over
   thousands of documents to impeachment investigators and blocking key
   aides from testifying.

   "Although President Trump's actions need not rise to the level of a
   criminal violation to justify impeachment, his conduct here was
   criminal," the panel's Democrats contended. They described Trump's
   behavior as "both constitutional and criminal in character," including
   bribery and wire fraud. They argued that the president "betrayed the
   people of this nation" and should be removed from office

   "He has abused his power in soliciting and pressuring a vulnerable
   foreign nation to corrupt the next United States presidential election
   by sabotaging a political opponent and endorsing a debunked conspiracy
   theory promoted by our adversary, Russia," the report said. "President
   Trump has done all this for his own personal gain, rather than for any
   legitimate reason, and has compromised our national security and
   democratic system in the process. After he was caught, President Trump
   defiantly insisted his conduct was 'perfect.'"

   WATCH: Senate to vote on Impeachment

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1206573270121766912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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