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President Donald Trump calls out Senator Chris Murphy; Murphy responds
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump held a press conference Wednesday, a day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry the president. In part of President Trump’s speech, he called out Senator Chris Murphy. “Chris Murphy who’ve I’ve been dealing with on guns,” President Trump said...
The impeachment process: How it all works
Calls to impeach President Donald Trump began among some Democrats almost the day he was inaugurated. They ballooned after former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to Congress about interactions between the Trump campaign and Russia and, separately, Trump’s efforts to squash the investigation, potentially obstructing justice....
Dems take up impeachment drive, say Trump betrayed his oath
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, yielding to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nation into an election year clash between Congress and the commander in chief. The probe focuses partly on whether Trump abused his presidential powers...
White House releases memo summarizing Trump’s call with Ukraine
WASHINGTON DC — The White House has released a memo summarizing the phone call between President Donald Trump and President Zelensky of Ukraine. Washington plunged into an impeachment crisis on Wednesday, as House Democrats opened an investigation into President Donald Trump’s campaign season dealings with Ukraine. Trump repeatedly prodded...
Local reaction as House Democrats call for the President Trump’s impeachment
HARTFORD — Calls from Democratic lawmakers to impeach the president have mounted as President Donald Trump is calling for a call transcript between him and Ukraine President Zelesky to be released to Congress tomorrow. Today, Vice President Joe Biden spoke out about allegations that President Trump sought out the President Zelesky to help him...
Nancy Pelosi is expected to announce launch of formal impeachment inquiry Tuesday afternoon
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to announce a formal impeachment inquiry later Tuesday, multiple sources on Capitol Hill tell CNN. Pelosi had earlier said she would make an announcement at 5 p.m. ET. Amid dozens of Democratic lawmakers opening the door to impeachment proceedings, Pelosi is consulting Tuesday afternoon with the six House...
Trump says he has directed release of ‘unredacted’ transcript of call with Ukrainian leader in which he discussed Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has directed the release on Wednesday of the “unredacted” transcript of his July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Trump has acknowledged that he discussed former Vice President Joe Biden in the call. Trump tweets Tuesday that “You will see it was a very friendly and totally...
Biden to speak out on Trump for urging Ukraine probe
Former Vice President Joe Biden plans to deliver an on-camera statement on “the DNI whistleblower report and President Trump’s ongoing abuse of power,” according to a campaign press release. Biden has decried reports that President Donald Trump urged the president of Ukraine to look into his son’s business dealings there. Biden said...
Sources say Pelosi preparing House action amid growing calls to start the impeachment process
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning to put a resolution on the House floor Wednesday to address the Ukraine scandal, amid growing calls to start the impeachment process against President Donald Trump, according to sources. What that resolution will specifically say is still being worked out. A Democratic leadership aide told CNN that key...
Blumenthal, Murphy call for impeachment proceedings against President Trump
WASHINGTON DC — Both Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy have joined a growing list of Congressional members calling for impeachment proceedings against the President. The Democrat said Monday the “gravity” of the Republican president prodding the new leader of financially-dependent Ukraine to help him investigate any corruption related...
