BREAKING - It is official: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Follow along with @KlasfeldReports for updates this morning.
Schiff says if Trump's obstr. of Congress was allowed to stand, it would "decimate" the integrity of oversight of exec branch.
For those who say, wait for courts to resolve, Schiff notes the 8mos it took for ruling on McGahn.
For those who say, wait for courts to resolve, Schiff notes the 8mos it took for ruling on McGahn.
Notably, speaking of Trump, Schiff says waiting to impeach would be akin to saying "Why not wait and let him cheat one more time?"
NOW: And there they are - the Articles of Impeachment.
Spread over just nine pages, the resolution lays out articles for abuse of power and obstruction of congress:
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Spread over just nine pages, the resolution lays out articles for abuse of power and obstruction of congress:
judiciary.house.gov/sites/democrat…
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@CourthouseNews Searchable doc available here: documentcloud.org/documents/6572…
Regardless of where this ends in the Senate, in the history books the House will be able to point to this as a referendum on President Donald J. Trump's conduct.
Per the section on #AbuseOfPower. The document is succinct:
- Trump acted directly and through his agents both inside and outside the U.S. govt to "corruptly solicit" the government of Ukraine to publicly announce investigations into frmr VP Joe Biden
(Continued)
- Trump acted directly and through his agents both inside and outside the U.S. govt to "corruptly solicit" the government of Ukraine to publicly announce investigations into frmr VP Joe Biden
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- Trump's "corrupt motives" also led him to promote a discredited theory that Ukraine - rather than Russia - interfered in the 2016 election
- Trump "conditioned two official acts" on the announcement he sought from Zelensky: the release of mil. aid & mtg at WH
- Trump "conditioned two official acts" on the announcement he sought from Zelensky: the release of mil. aid & mtg at WH
"Faced with the public revelation of his actions, Pres. Trump ultimately released the military and security assistance to the gov't of Ukraine but has persisted in openly and corrupting urging and soliciting Ukr. to undertake investigations for his personal political benefit."
From the resolution: 
The resolution will be broken down further in a story to come for @CourthouseNews. Stay tuned.
Let this sink in: “In the history of the Republic, no president has ever ordered the complete defiance of an impeachment inquiry or sought to obstruct and impede so comprehensively the ability of the House of Representatives to investigate high crimes and misdemeanors."
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