.SpeakerPelosi and the House of Representatives have begun an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. But what—exactly—does that mean? Ms. explains:
On September 24, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that a formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump had begun in the House. The focus of this impeachment inquiry will be the president’s actions, revealed in a whistleblower complaint and corroborated by the White House’s own transcript of a call in which President Trump tried to solicit help from President Zelensky of Ukraine to manufacture dirt on leading 2020 political opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden.
In short, the allegation: The president of the United States abused his office by using taxpayer dollars to solicit help from a foreign leader in order to win reelection in 2020, then tried to cover it up. When our founders wrote the Constitution, they wanted to be sure that our country would not someday turn into a monarchy like England. The king of England had extensive powers that were relatively unchecked.
The process begins with an investigation phase in which the House holds hearings to uncover the truth, interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence. This is the phase the House is currently in. Think of this as a research phase. If there is evidence of “treason, bribery or other high crimes or misdemeanors,” the House may then draw up articles of impeachment. High crimes and misdemeanors do not require that the president commit criminal acts that he could be indicted for as a citizen.
Trump repeatedly pushed Zelensky, directly himself and through a pressure campaign using personal lawyer Rudy Guiliani and others, to get Zelensky to do a personal politicalfor him—if he hoped to get the congressionally-allocated military aid his country desperately needed. Trump repeatedly urged Zelensky to re-open an already closed investigation that Trump hoped to use to damage Biden, his most likely political rival in 2920.
According to the whistleblower’s complaint, in a telephone conversation Trump had with Zelensky on July 25, Trump repeatedly pushed Zelensky to open an investigation into Vice President Biden to try to find some dirt on his political opponent. At the same time, Trump froze almost 400 million dollars in military aid—funds already approved by Congress and desperately needed by Ukraine to defend against Russian aggression.
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