Welcome to Thursday, January 16th, ACs and DCs... House Democrats have sent the impeachment articles to the Senate.
 
 
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Welcome to Thursday, January 16th, ACs and DCs...

House Democrats have sent the impeachment articles to the Senate.

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to make good on the pledge made by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to transmit the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate.

The vote ends weeks of speculation regarding the timing of the Senate trial.

Pelosi and House Democrats had delayed the vote in an (unsuccessful) attempt to force the Senate to make concessions in how it will conduct its trial.

The 228-193 vote was mostly along party-lines:

  • 227 Democrats and the chamber’s lone Independent, Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI), voted in favor of the resolution.
  • 192 Republicans and one Democrat, Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN), voted against the resolution.

House Democrats’ impeachment managers will include Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY); in addition to Reps. Jason Crow (D-CO), Val Demings (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA).

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Lev Parnas Docs Suggest U.S. Ambassador Was Under Surveillance

Newly-released text messages reveal Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas discussing how to stalk “that b***” Marie Yovanovitch in Ukraine in a bid to get her fired.

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A lawyer for the former U.S. ambassador told MSNBC Tuesday that an investigation should be launched into whether she was monitored in Kiev.

“[T]he notion that American citizens and others were monitoring Amb. Yovanovitch's movements for unknown purposes is disturbing. We trust that the appropriate authorities will conduct an investigation.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) also called for a probe, tweeting:

"It is outrageous that the President’s personal lawyers appear to have directed the surveillance of a U.S. ambassador. This must be fully investigated as the Senate conducts the impeachment trial. We have a responsibility to hold this lawless administration to account."

Yovanovitch testified in November about how she was ousted in her position following a Giuliani-led smear campaign that accused her of working to subvert Trump’s Ukraine policy and being close to former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko.

Do you support a probe into whether Yovanovitch was monitored in Ukraine?

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