Everything i can to make it die quickly. Mark has latest from the white house now. Mark. Jon as you mention the house is expected to vote on impeachment some time next week and officials here tell pus theyre already gearing up for what will happen in january with a likely senate trial as for the president hes not shying away from talking about impeachment. Impeachment is a scam. Impeachment is a bufnlg of bull president tweeted out this campaign ad showing today repeating some of the same lines that he says when he criticizes impeachment like he did yesterday. Now this comes as fox learn that president met with new jersey democratic congressman jeff on friday to discuss potentially switching parties from democratic to republican van drew has been openly critical about impeachment although unclear when a potential party switch may happen now president say hes also been speaking with republican senators ahead of the trial in the senate this is when he said proceedings would look a lot di
Reuters. Were says away from a momentous moment. A full vote in the house of representatives on two articles of impeachment. He charged President Trump with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. Those articles are abuse of power and obstruction of justice but the heart of this is the ukraine scandal and the president using his office to pressure ukraines government to investigate his political rivals. The first article says the president abused the powers of the presidency by ignoring and injuring National Security and other National Interests to obtain improper personal political benefit. It continues, he abused his high office to corrupt democratic elections. The second article outlines how President Trump concealed that from congress undermining the constitution separation of powers by seeking the right to determine the scope and nature of an impeachment inquiry into his own conduct as well as the prerogative to deny any and all information to the house. Both of the articles made
It will die quickly and ill do everything i can to make it die quickly. Mark has latest from the white house now. Mark. Jon as you mention the house is expected to vote on impeachment some time next week and officials here tell pus theyre already gearing up for what will happen in january with a likely senate trial as for the president hes not shying away from talking about impeachment. Impeachment is a scam. Impeachment is a bufnlg of bull president tweeted out this campaign ad showing today repeating some of the same lines that he says when he criticizes impeachment like he did yesterday. Now this comes as fox learn that president met with new jersey democratic congressman jeff on friday to discuss potentially switching parties from democratic to republican van drew has been openly critical about impeachment although unclear when a potential party switch may happen now president say hes also been speaking with republican senators ahead of the trial in the senate this is when he said
The meredith live at the white house with all of this. Reporter President Trump is making his way to fill delv phia for the Football Game. The white house is bracing for the senate trial that is likely to happen come january. The official strategy is still being worked out. The president pushed back on the Impeachment Vote likely to happen in the house on friday, while he hosted the president of paraguay. Youre trifl trivializing , some day there will be a democrat president and a Republican House and i suspect theyre going to remember it. Reporter House Republicans do appear to remain united behind the president. Republican leaders say they believe impeachment is something democrats have eyed since the 2016 election and also ever since the Mueller Probe wrapped up. We heard from a number of leaders that say they believe this is something that has been on the democratic wish list for the last several months. Democratic leaders say theyre trying to follow oversight authority. Nancy pelo
And his counterpart here, getting the trade deal, pay raise for the military, a vote toward a new Family Leave Initiative and the first step in a trade deal with china. All of this happening while the democrats are focused on impeachment with two articles looming, a stain that no president wants on their legacy. Though republicans are trying to turn the spotlight on moderate democrats. They serve in districts won by the president in 2016 and now speaker Nancy Pelosis troops may face a backlash. And they say its their solemn doing for the president s handseling of aid to ukraine. For his part, the president is hoping that the impeachment on socialist tilt will help lead him to a Boris Johnson style victory in november. And the lawmakers on both sides. Theres never been a crime in this case, theyve tried to find a crime starting with the mueller investigation. Its been very clear, and i think youre seeing through this impeachment inquiry, this is a political vendetta. I think that the pr