Historical Articles of impeachment by Hannah Brown
Articles of impeachment on paper
- House Democrats have drawn up two articles of impeachment against President Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. [NPR / Philip Ewing and Amita Kelly]
- Read the full articles of impeachment here. [Vox / Andrew Prokop]
- The articles lay out Trump’s attempt to use security assistance for Ukraine as leverage to get the company to investigate a company affiliated with Hunter Biden, and his defiance of congressional attempts to investigate. [NYT / Nicholas Fandos]
- But they’re confined to Trump’s attempts to get Ukraine to dig up dirt on Hunter Biden — not the wider-ranging impeachment that some progressives and liberals wanted. [GQ / Jay Willis]
- The next step is a committee vote on the articles of impeachment Thursday, followed by a full House vote, likely before Christmas, and then a Senate trial. [The Guardian / Tom McCarthy]
- A small group of Democrats, largely worried about reelection and maintaining support from their Trump-voting constituents, are suggesting Congress censure Trump instead of impeaching him. [Politico / Melanie Zanona and Sarah Ferris]
- In regard to impeachment, public opinion has hardly budged throughout the hearings. But there has been a shift in Americans’ views on how Trump should handle the inquiry. [FiveThirtyEight / Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux] To read more go to the link below:
https://www.vox.com/vox-sentences/2019/12/10/21010167/articles-impeachment-trump-myanmar
