If the House approves impeachment, and if the Senate votes to remove Trump, Pence would become president. Would he make a better president?
WASHINGTON — “President Mike Pence” doesn’t exactly have a great ring to it for the Democrats running the impeachment investigation, but it may sound better to them than “President Donald Trump.”
That question got even more pressing this week after the latest series of revelations in the Ukraine scandal, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement that the House would be setting up procedures for public impeachment hearings — something that could happen before Thanksgiving. However, some Democrats cautioned that Pence is not entirely off the hook in the ongoing investigation.
Rep. Al Green, a Texas Democrat and one of the earliest supporters of a Trump impeachment, said that he and others were squarely focused on Trump, but Pence could be in line for impeachment down the road. For his part, Pence has remained evasive on his role in the issues surrounding the impeachment inquiry, which are focused on the allegation that President Trump withheld aid to Ukraine to pressure authorities there to investigate his political rival Joe Biden, and his son Hunter Biden. Two weeks ago, Pence refused the House request that he provide documents in their probe. And he has struggled to answer questions posed by reporters.
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