House Judiciary Cmte. nears vote on impeachment articles against President Trump.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, was the first GOP lawmaker to offer an amendment, which intended to eliminate the first article of impeachment against Trump, on abuse of power. After three hours of debate, it failed in a party-line vote. Another amendment from Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., sought to strike language on former Vice President Joe Biden and replace it with Hunter Biden and Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company.in which Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y.
. Democrats argued that they had given the president himself opportunities to make his own case and they used the debate time Thursday to explain again why they have decided to pursue impeachment against Trump. "There are no crimes here? That is the defense my colleagues across the aisle are putting forward?" Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., said."The president committed the highest crime against the Constitution by abusing his office," charging that he had invited foreign election interference while jeopardizing U.S. national security.
Earlier in the day, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said,"The facts are clear — irrefutable, in fact."Alex Moe
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