Pelosi Announces Impeachment Inquiry of President Trump
After months of resisting an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House would move ahead with an “official” effort after reports that the president withheld aid to Ukraine while he was pressing the country to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son.
Her chosen route avoids a full House floor vote on opening a probe, a step that has occurred each of the three previous times the House has launched impeachment proceedings against a president. Such a resolution would require 218 votes to pass; as of Tuesday evening, there were about 160 lawmakers who publicly supported moving forward on impeachment....