Congressional Democrats have now released their scathing nine-point impeachment report, which accuses President Trump of abusing his office for partisan advantage in the Ukraine scandal, and of then seeking to obstruct the probe of his misdeeds.
The landmark report says the Intelligence Committee’s investigation determined that President Trump used $391 million in aid to Ukraine and a White House visit for its president, as leverage to force the embattled nation to announce “unfounded” investigations into Joe Biden and his son, as well as a conspiracy theory about the 2016 election.
The 300-page report comes less than 24 hours before the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to begin taking up the case with its first formal impeachment hearing Wednesday morning. The report is expected to be transmitted to that committee following an evening vote and would form the basis for any articles of impeachment to be drafted.
“President Trump’s scheme subverted U.S. foreign policy toward Ukraine and undermined our national security in favor of two politically motivated investigations that would help his presidential reelection campaign,” the report said.
It said the inquiry “uncovered a months-long effort by President Trump to use the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his behalf in the 2020 election.”
White House Dismisses Report
White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham swiftly hit back in a statement slamming the nature of the Intelligence Committee’s inquiry and claiming it failed to prove any wrongdoing on Trump’s part.
“At the end of a one-sided sham process, Chairman Schiff and the Democrats utterly failed to produce any evidence of wrongdoing by President Trump,” Grisham said. “This report reflects nothing more than their frustrations. Chairman Schiff’s report reads like the ramblings of a basement blogger straining to prove something when there is evidence of nothing.”
The Intelligence Committee, led by Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., conducted extensive interviews with witnesses connected to the Trump administration’s relationship with Ukraine after an anonymous whistleblower filed a complaint alleging that during a July 25 phone call, Trump tried to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to help Rudy Giuliani investigate Democratic activities in 2016, as well as former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
That phone call was at the center of the report, which said that “The President engaged in this course of conduct for the benefit of his own presidential reelection, to harm the election prospects of a political rival, and to influence our nation’s upcoming presidential election to his advantage,” the report said. “In doing so, the President placed his own personal and political interests above the national interests of the United States, sought to undermine the integrity of the U.S. presidential election process, and endangered U.S. national security.”
Trump has denied wrongdoing and said his call with Zelensky was “perfect,” while maintaining there was no such quid pro quo tying aid to investigations. One key witness, E.U. Ambassador Gordon Sondland, alleged a clear quid pro quo involving a White House meeting and a “potential quid pro quo” involving the aid — but also acknowledged he never heard those conditions from Trump directly.
Zelensky has also denied there was any pressure put on him or any talk of a quid pro quo between the two leaders, but he did recently criticize the decision to delay the aid.
Meanwhile, Republicans drafted a report of their own, which rejected most, if not all of the claims, made by the Democratic majority.
“The evidence presented does not prove any of these Democrat allegations, and none of the Democrats’ witnesses testified to having evidence of bribery, extortion, or any high crime or misdemeanor,” the GOP report said.
What’s Next?
With the Intelligence Committee’s report in their hands, the Judiciary Committee is next going to call constitutional law experts to testify regarding the relevant legal principles involved in impeachment, before determining whether or not to approve articles of impeachment, which would then go to the full House for a vote.
If the House should vote to impeach, the Senate would hold a trial, where a two-thirds majority would be needed to convict.
The Communist Democrats are just trying to do something again against our President Trump because they are afraid that the President and Bill Barr is getting the proof that some in the Democrat Party is Corrupt and will lead to a lot of criminal Activity the Democrat Communist Partyy has been doing all along.
Someone needs to step up and start Federally arresting thow congressional liars for treason to stop the impeachment in its tracks! This has gone on too far, too long and too inhumane! I am way too sick of the illegal crap going on in our government. We need to put the shoe on the other foot and see how they like it. They deserve the death penalty, period!
I am a Canadian. Since the USA was formed as a republic (each person has a right to vote who they want as their President) but today the country is divided into 2 parties. One won’t accept the peoples’ selection as their president. They rundown the peoples’ selection at every chance. The one party has rundown their choice to the point that all the world sees the USA as a laughing democracy. Now is a poor example of a free country.
-When a sports person tried to make a statement by kneeling down during the singing of the countries national anthem, they ostracised him, not allowing him to play his sport.
– The one-party has become a worse enemy of the people than any sports person making a statement. The people who run down the people’s choice are an enemy to the US people around the world. That party has taken over the news media that represents the USA worldwide. They have become a terrorist organization against the people of the USA and should be dealt with accordingly.
How about the house abuse and accusations about railroading the POTUS, manipulating the media and
using there influencing to get the results they want for there outcome for the 2020 Elections. Oh wait it’s ok that they did nothing since spring of 2016 other than costing the taxpayer’s millinst to railroad the Election of 2016, collect there paychecks costing the taxpayer’s million’s of dollars give or take, and there still going strong by using there political influence and the media to to influence the 2020 elections. There doing what they’re trying to accuse the POTUS of doing and there getting away with it. DOUBLE STANDARD’S!!!
They are so full of Shiffhead that I find it ludicrous. They can not convince anyone that the BS is true (except maybe someone who has a severe case of TDS).
How about the house abuse and accusations about railroading the POTUS, manipulating the media and
using there influencing to get the results they want for there outcome for the 2020 Elections. Oh wait it’s ok that they did nothing since spring of 2016 other than costing the taxpayer’s millinst to railroad the Election of 2016, collect there paychecks costing the taxpayer’s million’s of dollars give or take, and there still going strong by using there political influence and the media to to influence the 2020 elections. There doing what they’re trying to accuse the POTUS of doing and there getting away with it. DOUBLE STANDARD’S!!!
The democrat’s On this should be sued for defamation of character and removed from office.
you know the democrats has gain noting from this impeachment they lost but one thing did happen they made Trump look good for 20/20 win
The Congressional Democratic Liberals are dividing our Country in a stupid spiteful hatered way that is more disruptive than anything I have witnessed in many decades. I know now why they use a poor little “JACK ASS” donkey as their political symbol !!! LIBERALISM IS SURELY THE CANCER OF AMERICA.
All terribly one sided..3 biased Professors dominated the answers. The woman prof. was a train wreck. She used Baron Trump as an example and looked like she had just crawled out of bed. Kudos to a Republican Rep. for calling her out as mean..she was..and to Malania for censoring her…little communist. A question…this Hunter- Joe Biden problem happened during the Obama Admin., why was he not impeached at that time? It was clearly a quid pro quo..he even admitted it on video. Why was that overlooked if it is such a crime? He actually followed thru on his threat. Then Obama briefed the woman Ambassador about the situation with the Bidens, so it was well known. Republicans were asleep.
Actually, these DEMOCRATS are implicating THEMSELVES in this impeachment SCAM. POTUS Trump is INNOCENT on all charges and they KNEW it. Therefore they are GUILTY as charged, CRIMES against the POTUS of SEDITION and TREASON. they need to be HANDCUFFED and sent to PRISON awaiting sentencing. Team Trump and his allies 2020 – KAGA (Keep America Great Again0.
I don’t think that the so called DERANGED and DEPLORABLE’S of the DEMOCRATIC PARTY knows what a BIG HOLE they have DUG themselves into. PELOSI, SCHIFF, SCHUMER and NADLER will be running for the HILLS when the HOROWITZ REPORT comes out on Monday December 9, 2020 with the following NAMES on it with CRIMINAL REFERRAL’S ATTACHED !
PELOSI,SCHUMER, SCHIFF and NADLER plus many more to COME.
Nothing like the pot calling the kettle black.
I have called Pelosi’s a few times telling her how disgusted I am with the democratic party and their obvious witch hunt to unseat an righteously elected sitting president and that I will never vote Democrat again! If they succeed in their impeachment efforts I will never trust this government again! Dirty politics! And if they dont succeed this time, they will continue to waste taxpayer money and letting important issues by continuing to try to impeach this president no matter what they have to do! I dont know how they can look at themselves in the mirror every day! Guess they dont care about truth, fairness and the law!
How about the house abuse and accusations about railroading the POTUS, manipulating the media and
using there influencing to get the results they want for there outcome for the 2020 Elections. Oh wait it’s ok that they did nothing since spring of 2016 other than costing the taxpayer’s millinst to railroad the Election of 2016, collect there paychecks costing the taxpayer’s million’s of dollars give or take, and there still going strong by using there political influence and the media to to influence the 2020 elections. There doing what they’re trying to accuse the POTUS of doing and there getting away with it. DOUBLE STANDARD’S!!!
Never in my lifetime have I heard so much criticizeing of an elected official Since he was elected. Dem donkeys don’t know when to stop!! I voted for him and I’m a registered Dem. I want him to stay and I will vote for him again. No Dem will get my vote!! I will change my registered party!!!
Dems are cutting off their nose to spite their face. It is awful the lies they are putting out there! Pinocchio’s better watch out. They will be sitting on their nose soon .!!!!
Anyone who any longer wishes to affiliate themselves with the Democrat party should be ashamed of themselves and one might even question if they have a remaining soul.
My greatest wish is to see all of those Democrats hauled off to jail. That includes Crooked Hillary, McCabe, Comey, Clapper, Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler, Biden and the entire swamp with them. This impeachment is an attack on President Trump & is absolutely unlawful. Every time I hear Pelosi say that she is praying for the president…yeah, praying they get rid of him, makes me furious. I love the way the Dems. like to include the Bible into their talking points & she, especially seems to be making up Bible verses or turning them all around. I’ve never recognized any that she has mentioned! Did she get them from the Koran? They like to brag about those Catholic values, but we can see through it all, that they are fake. How is it not illegal to get AT&T to provide phones numbers of Republicans in order to see who they are calling or who they are receiving calls from. They get by with anything they want to do & I’m ready to see jail-time!