Democratic lawyers will present the case for impeaching President Trump today before the House Judiciary committee.Democratic lawyers will present the case for impeaching President Trump today before the House Judiciary committee.
That will set in motion a rapid-fire set of actions likely to produce official charges against the president by week’s end, and a nearly party-line vote in the full House before Christmas to impeach him.Lawmakers have been preparing with late-night sessions, while Mr. Trump is refusing to engage with the House process, calling it a “hoax” and a “scam” led by “crazy” and “dishonest” Democrats.
The White House is instead focusing on the trial that would follow in the Republican-controlled Senate, where Democrats would almost certainly fall short of the two-thirds vote needed to remove Mr. Trump from office.Analysis: A process enshrined in the Constitution as a nonpartisan way to address a president’s wrongdoing has devolved into a raucous brawl.“What they are doing here is discrediting a system,” one Columbia University law professor said of the White House strategy. “If the system is discredited,it cannot discredit me.
It is brilliant in its way, but totally cynical and completely destructive of our values.”Reminder: Democrats are arguing that Mr. Trump abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to help him defeat political rivals in the 2020 election. Catch up on the process, find out what Republicans are arguing and read our explanation of what is constitutionally impeachable.
