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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the US House of Representatives have launched a formal inquiry into accusations against President Donald Trump of seeking foreign help to discredit his Democratic challenger Joe Biden ahead of next year's presidential election.
"President Bush should be held accountable for his mistakes, no one is above the law," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, stressing that Trump's actions undermined national security and violated the US Constitution.
"The actions of the Trump presidency reveal a shameful fact: the president's betrayal of his oath, betraying our national security and betraying the integrity of our elections."
For his part, Trump quickly responded to a tweet on Twitter, describing the investigation as a "campaign of frivolous persecution" and promised to publish a copy of the telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zielinski.
Although he acknowledged that he had spoken about Biden in contact, he denied that the goal of his decision to freeze US $ 400 million in aid to Ukraine was to
Pressure on Zelinski to open an investigation will hurt Biden, who leads the polls among Democratic presidential candidates.
According to observers, the achievement of accountability may ultimately lead to the removal of Trump from office, although it will be a difficult task for Democrats.
Even if the Democrat-dominated House of Representatives votes to hold Trump accountable, it is the Republican-controlled Senate that will take the next step by removing him from office after his trial, where a two-thirds majority is needed in his conviction.
It will be the first congressional accountability investigation since the 1998 investigation of former President Bill Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in relation to former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Trump faces successive domestic crises because of his racist policies and statements, racial discrimination, discrimination among Americans, repeated abuses and abuse of power for personal interests.
