Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Tuesday that the House would begin a formal impeachment inquiry of President Trump, saying that he had betrayed his oath of office and the nation’s security in seeking to enlist a foreign power for his own political gain.
“The actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the Constitution,” she said after emerging from a meeting of House Democrats in the basement of the Capitol. Mr. Trump, she said, “must be held accountable — no one is above the law.”
“The actions of the Trump presidency revealed dishonorable facts of the president’s betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections,” Ms. Pelosi said.
The president, in New York for several days of international diplomacy at the United Nations, issued a defiant response on Twitter, in a series of fuming posts that culminated with a simple phrase: “PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!”
“Such an important day at the United Nations, so much work and so much success, and the Democrats purposely had to ruin and demean it with more breaking news Witch Hunt garbage,” Mr. Trump wrote. “So bad for our Country!
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> “betrayed his oath of office”
Wikipedia gives the following text as the oath of office:
> “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
I fail to see any mention about Ukraine, Biden or procrastination about giving away taxpayer money to another country. Not even a mention about not seeking assistance from foreigners.
Trump is finally finished.trump accomplished what he had to do for Israel. President pense will parDON him./-/:()
No he isn’t. There is no way the Senate will vote to convict. This is a huge waste of time and money.
I love Mike Pence. He is a righteous God fearing man from the Bible Belt. He is a true Conservative who will bring morality back into our Nation.
Don’t worry. They can’t and won’t impeach Trump. The Democraps are using this to dump idiot Biden
Yes, but he won’t get reelected.
By the time elections will come around the Democrats and RhINOs will be history, as Julian Assange said: “When all is finally exposed, 98% of Washington will fall.”