WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Legal Affairs Committee was moving slowly on Thursday night to pass impeachments against President Donald Trump, splitting into partisan lines in a grueling session lasted until the early hours of the night. The session is expected to end with the charges being sent to the full lower house for deliberation next week, before the end-of-year festivities. The commission, made up of some of congressional’s most incisive Democrats and Republicans, clashed for more than 13 hours after GOP members insisted on a protracted debate of amendments designed to dismiss the two formal charges. They maintained their mission even though they did not get votes from the Democratic majority and had no hope of getting any.
Trump is accused, in the first charge, of abusing his presidential authority by asking Ukraine to investigate his potential rival in the 2020 election, Joe Biden, while withholding him military assistance; and in the second, to obstruct Congress by blocking the House’s efforts to investigate its actions. Trump is only the fourth U.S. representative to face impeachment proceedings and the only one to run a re-election campaign at the same time. He insists he did nothing wrong and criticizes the work of Democrats every day, which he describes as a farce and harmful to the country. His Republican allies seem unwavering in his opposition to Trump’s impeachment, and the representative says he expects a swift acquittal in his trial in house Senado.La House Senado.La President Nancy Pelosi expressed confidence thursday that Democrats, who once tried to avoid exclusively partisan work, will have the necessary votes without Republican backing to bring the representative to impeachment during the lower house plenary vote. But he also noted that it will be up to each legislator to weigh the evidence.” The fact is, we take the oath to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution,” Pelosi told the press. “No one is above the law; the president will be held accountable for his abuse of authority and his obstruction of Congress.” The result has serious political consequences for both parties for the 2020 elections, as the country deeply divided over whether the president actually committed meritorious acts of impeachment and whether it should depend on Congress, or on decide whether to remain in office.
