House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday President Donald Trump already has admitted to bribery in the Ukraine scandal at the heart of a Democratic-led inquiry, accusing him of a
n impeachable offence under the US Constitution.
Democrats are looking into whether the Republican president abused his power by withholding US$391 million in US security aid to Ukraine as leverage to pressure Kiev to conduct two investigations that would benefit him politically. The money, approved by Congress to help the US ally combat Russia-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country, was later provided to Ukraine.
The Constitution states that impeachable offences include “treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanours”. Democrats have begun to use the words bribery or attempted bribery in discussing Trump’s actions. According to precedent, the obstruction could be another article of impeachment. Trump also asked Zelenskiy to investigate a debunked conspiracy theory embraced by some Trump allies that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 US election.
An estimated 13.8 million viewers across 10 broadcast and cable television networks watched the first day of proceedings, according to Nielsen ratings data. Yovanovitch told lawmakers behind closed doors on Oct 11 that Trump ousted her based on “unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives” after she came under attack by Giuliani.
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