Democrats accuse Trump of criminal bribery in report that explains articles of impeachment

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-impeachment-live-updates/2019/12/16/3529da74-1ff1-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

By John Wagner

Dec. 16, 2019 at 9:15 a.m. EST

Democrats accuse President Trump of criminal bribery in a new report released early Monday that explains the two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — that the House is expected to approve mostly along party lines on Wednesday.

A trial will probably begin in the Republican-led Senate in early January, and Democrats are seeking to call several senior Trump administration officials who did not testify as part of the House proceedings.

At the heart of the Democrats’ case is the allegation that Trump tried to leverage a White House meeting and military aid, sought by Ukraine to combat Russian military aggression, to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch an investigation of former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, as well as a probe of an unfounded theory that Kyiv conspired with Democrats to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

●Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) calls for testimony from acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, former national security adviser John Bolton.

●Trump goes after the teeth of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

●Freshman Democrats push to make Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) an impeachment manager.

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[3_Limes]

1. How has this topic escaped notice for over an hour?!?

It's kind of a big deal!

There's now a ready answer to all of the (R)s asking "Where's the crime?", and using the lack of a short reply as a shield against having to take action.

Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems to move the affair into a different context.

[Poiuyt]

2. I like the use of the term "bribery"

I hereby approve.

[crickets]

3. K&R for visibility