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By John Wojcik
Congressional leaders unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Trump this morning—abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The announcement brings the nation another step closer to only the third time in U.S. history that a president will have been impeached.
The articles of impeachment announced today stem from Trump’s having sought foreign interference in the 2020 election by withholding congressionally-approved security aid to Ukraine and the resulting danger, according to congressional committees, that this poses to U.S. security.
The historic announcement today was made by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and impeachment inquiry committee chairs as they stood, shoulder to shoulder, in front of a huge portrait of George Washington.
“He endangered our democracy, he endangered our national security,” Rep. Jerold Nadler, D-N.Y., chair of the Judiciary Committee that drafted the articles, declared solemnly. “Our next election is at risk. That is why we must act now.”
The house is expected to vote on the articles before Christmas and send them to the Senate for a trial in January. It has taken two and a half months since the beginning of the impeachment inquiry for the House committees to lay out their cases against the president....
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