A procedure to investigate whether Trump should be put on impeachment has started in the US House of Representatives. The trigger was alleged that Mr. Trump had put pressure on the Ukrainian government to hurt former Vice President Biden, a Democratic candidate for the 2020 presidential election. (Washington = Shigeo Tosa, New York = Koji Sonoda)
“Mr. Trump admitted he told the Ukrainian President that he would help his election. That accelerated our steps.”
Democrat Pelosi, the president of the Democratic Party, told reporters on his thoughts on the investigation for the impeachment on the 24th.
Within the Democratic Party, there was a strong opinion for Trump's impeachment over the allegations that Russia had shouldered Mr. Trump in the 2016 presidential election. However, Mr. Pelosi was consistently cautious, “Trump is not worth the impeachment until the country is divided.”
In the Senate who decides the president's dismissal, the majority of the ruling and Republican parties make it difficult to leave Trump out of impeachment trials. This is because there was an idea that we should concentrate on the elections in November next year, rather than proceeding with impeachment that has not gained support in polls.
On the other hand, the Democratic Party ...
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