U.S. House of Representatives will vote Wednesday to send articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, clearing the way to start the trial
WASHINGTON - The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate, lawmakers said on Tuesday, clearing the way for a trial set to begin in earnest early next week.
A Wednesday House vote would allow the Senate to begin considering the charges against Trump next week, McConnell said. The chamber will first tackle housekeeping duties, such as swearing in members and formally reading the two impeachment charges later this week, he said. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and has dismissed his impeachment as a partisan bid to undo his 2016 election win as he tries to win re-election in November.“It’s out of a desire to gain more power. It has nothing to do with the rule of law by any stretch because the articles they came up with don’t actually cite any crime. It’s just to try and smear this president because they know they can’t beat him at the ballot box,” White House spokesman Hogan Gidley told Fox News.
The two articles of impeachment - or formal charges - against Trump include an accusation that he obstructed Congress’ efforts to investigate him by instructing officials to ignore House committee subpoenas to testify or to produce documents at an earlier stage of the Ukraine investigation.
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