It took three days of meetings, marked by inflamed rhetoric and increasingly personal disputes, but the Judiciary Committee on Friday voted along party lines to approve charges that U.S. President Donald Trump abused his power and obstructed a congressional investigation.
The move marks the first vote at any level of the House on articles of impeachment against a president since 1998. And it sets up just the third presidential impeachment in U.S. history — with a full House vote expected Wednesday, according to Democratic aides.
The articles allege that Trump put his personal interests above U.S. national security by pressuring Ukraine to …read more
Source:: European Voice
