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Good morning. It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 8 00pm on capitol hill in washington, where the Housejudiciary Committee has been debating for the last hour or so the articles of impeachment against President Trump. After what will be a spirited discussion, they will most likely vote later on thursday, ahead of a vote in the full house next week. If the president is impeached, the senate would hold a trial in the new year. With me is our north america correspondent peter bowes. Peter, tell us more about how this debate is unfolding. Well, this is a debate, as we expected, that is very impassioned from both sides. The democrats saying that President Trump has committed constitutional crimes and should, in effect, face the music. These two articles of impeachment, the charges against the president that he abused his position as president , and abuse of power, and also tried to essentially lock the process to withhold information power, and also tried to essentially lock the
Environment. In washington dc, Thejudiciary Committee of the us house of representatives has been debating for around two hours now the articles of impeachment against President Trump. After a spirited discussion theyll most likely vote later on thursday, ahead of a vote in the full house next week. The house is dominated by the democrats. If the president is impeached, there will be a trial in the senate controlled by the republicans in the new year. Our north america correspondent peter bowes joins us now. Talk us through the process here. This is a very political process. And extremely political process did again what is happening right now is that the Judiciary Committee are considering in detail those two articles of impeachment, essentially the charge sheet against donald trump. But it is political because at this stage it is the democrats who have the majority of the Judiciary Committee and indeed in the house of representatives so the end of the day it seems that when they get
In washington dc, Thejudiciary Committee of the us house of representatives has been debating for around two hours now the articles of impeachment against President Trump. After a spirited discussion theyll most likely vote later on thursday, ahead of a vote in the full house next week. The house is dominated by the democrats. If the president is impeached, there will be a trial in the senate controlled by the republicans in the new year. I spoke to our north america correspondent, peter bowes, about what is a constitutional but very political process, an extremely political process. What is happening right now is that the Judiciary Committee are considering in detail those two articles of impeachment, essentially the charge sheet against donald trump. But it is political because at this stage it is the democrats who have the majority of the Judiciary Committee and indeed in the house of representatives so the end of the day it seems that when they get the vote from this Committee Late
In washington, dc, Thejudiciary Committee of the us house of representatives has been debating for around three hours now the articles of impeachment against President Trump. After a spirited discussion, they will most likely vote later on thursday, ahead of a vote in the full house next week. The house is dominated by the democrats. If the president is impeached, there will be a trial in the senate, controlled by the republicans, in the new year. I spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes about what is a constitutional but very political process. Whats happening right now is that the Judiciary Committee are considering in detail those two articles of impeachment, essentially the charge sheet against donald trump. But its political because at this stage its the democrats who have the majority on the Judiciary Committee, and indeed in the house of representatives. So it seems at the end of the day, when they get the vote from this Committee Late on thursday and the full hous