CONTINUING COVERAGE: IMPEACHMENT
CONTINUING COVERAGE: IMPEACHMENT

READ: President Donald Trump’s letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

House set to vote on impeachment Wednesday

9. President Donald Trump declares a national emergency at the southern border. 8. The Robert Mueller report on possible Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is released. 7. President Donald Trump releases the transcript of his phone call to the Ukrainian president. 6. The partial federal government shutdown reached a near-historic record. 5. Democrats launch public impeachment hearings aimed at President Donald Trump. 4. A federal court blocks Georgia's controversial new abortion bill f
By Tim Darnell
Dec 17, 2019

Decrying what he called “a partisan impeachment crusade,” President Donald Trump wrote a letter Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, accusing the California Democrat of “violating your oaths of office, breaking your allegiance to the Constitution, and ... declaring open war on American democracy.”

Read the president’s letter here.

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Trump faces two articles of impeachment by House Democrats: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

»RELATED: Georgia's Collins delivers scathing dissent of Judiciary Committee impeachment report

A Senate impeachment trial could begin as soon as Jan. 9.

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Trump would become only the third U.S. president to be impeached, following Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.

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