House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D–Calif.) has announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, after accusations swelled that Trump leveraged his political power to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden—the current Democratic frontrunner in the 2020 presidential election.
“The actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the Constitution,” she said.
As Reason’s Peter Suderman has pointed out, while the allegations have yet to be fully substantiated, the mounting evidence appears to be unfavorable to the president. Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, flip-flopped on national television, initially denying, but then admitting to urging …read more
Source:: Reason.com
