White House to argue that Speaker Nancy Pelosi must have the full House vote to formally approve an impeachment inquiry into US president
Donald Trump. Picture: AFP/NICHOLAS KAMM
Without a vote, White House lawyers believe Trump can ignore legislators’ requests, the source said, meaning the federal courts would presumably have to render a decision and potentially slow the march towards impeachment. Democrats want to prove Trump sought personal political gain by appealing to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a July 25 phone call to investigate Biden and his son, Hunter, who earned money from a Ukrainian gas company.
In a new wrinkle, Trump said on Thursday that “China should start an investigation into the Bidens” over Hunter Biden’s business ties to China, again inviting foreign interference in a US presidential election. Trump’s appeal to China was particularly striking given that Washington and Beijing are locked in a bitter trade war that has damaged global economic growth. They are due to hold another round of talks in the US next week.A whistle-blower’s report about Trump’s conversation with Zelenskiy lies at the heart of the Democratic complaint.
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