Headline Roundup • December 9th, 2019
Update On House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Inquiry
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Washington Times
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold L. Nadler on Monday put a fine point on Democrats’ impeachment case against President Trump, arguing that the president put himself before the country.
“We surely agree that no public official, including and especially the president of the United States, should use his public office for private gain,” he said at the opening of an evidentiary hearing before his committee.
Based on the evidence presented, the committee will proceed to write articles of impeachment against Mr. Trump.
Mr. Nadler, New York Democrat, called the process...
Daniel Goldman, lawyer for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, said President Trump's behavior is "a clear and present danger" to future US elections.
"President Trump's persistent and continuing effort to coerce a foreign country to help him cheat to win an election is a clear and present danger to our free and fair elections and to our national security," he said.
Goldman is still giving his opening statement, but he'll come back to the idea of "clear and present danger," according to a copy of his prepared remarks.
According...
Reuters
The head of a U.S. congressional panel leading the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump on Monday accused the Republican president of putting himself before his country and violating his oath of office.
In a statement kicking off a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives to weigh the evidence against Trump, Judiciary Committee Democratic Chairman Jerrold Nadler said there was extensive proof of wrongdoing.
“The evidence shows that Donald J. Trump, the president of the United States, has put himself before his country. He has violated his most basic responsibilities...
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