The White House reacts to Pelosi's announcement that Democrats are moving forward with articles of impeachment, saying, 'We look forward to a fair trial in the Senate'
In the House Judiciary Committee's first impeachment hearing, Chairman Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, said Trump had obstructed justice during both Mueller's two-year investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 US election and the House's impeachment inquiry, which is focused on Trump's alleged abuse of power in pressuring Ukraine to politically damage Democrats.
"When his own Department of Justice tried to uncover the extent to which a foreign government had broken our laws, President Trump took extraordinary and unprecedented steps to obstruct the investigation, including ignoring subpoenas, ordering the creation of false records, and publicly attacking and intimidating witnesses," said Nadler."Then, as now, this administration's level of obstruction is without precedent.
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