Ticking clock may save Trump from impeachment in Congress

A momentous question hanging over Washington is whether investigations into President Donald Trump will prompt the U.S. Congress to try to remove him from office through the impeachment process set out in the U.S. Constitution.

The answer could be significantly influenced by the clock.

With the 2020 presidential and congressional election campaigns already gearing up, the political calendar could dictate whether initiating the time-consuming impeachment process is even plausible, Democratic and Republican lawmakers said.

An emerging sentiment among some lawmakers is that by the time a president is nearing or...