The Donald Trump impeachment hearing has entered a new phase as the House Judiciary Committee takes charge of the hearing after the intelligence committee wrapped up its hearing.
The inquiry centres on a call between Trump and Ukraine’s president in which Trump was allegedly asked for a probe into the Bidens. That Trump also wanted a probe into a conspiracy theory about the 2016 elections.
It was also alleged that at the time of the call, Trump was withholding $391m in military aid from Ukraine, and conditioned a White House meeting on the probes, according to witnesses.
US House Democrats entered a new phase of the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump on Wednesday as the House Judiciary Committee took over and began hearings to debate and determine possible articles of impeachment.
Wednesday’s hearing, which features four legal scholars, comes after the release of a 300-page draft report from the House Intelligence Committee, which has been holding closed-door and public hearings over recent months, and gathering what it described as “overwhelming evidence” against the president.
The House Judiciary Committee now seeks to answer whether the evidence amounts to impeachment offences. If articles of impeachment are determined, the full House will vote on them. If passed, a trial would be held in the Senate.
Wednesday’s hearing began a critical phase of the inquiry as Democrats continue to try to convince Americans, who according to the latest opinion poll, remain bitterly divided over whether Trump should be impeached.
