US House of Representatives Accelerates Movement for Trump's Impeachment Summons to Juliani

[Washington, 30 Reuters]-US Presidential Secretary Trump's advisory lawyer, Giuliani, a former New York mayor, summons a letter about Trump's US President's investigation into the Ukrainian government's investigation of former Vice President Biden Issued. In the lower house where the opposition Democratic Party is in the majority, there is an active movement towards prosecution against Trump.

The three committees of House Information, Diplomacy, Monitoring and Government Reform will submit relevant documents by 15 October, assuming that Mr. Juliani is likely to have urged the Ukrainian government to investigate under the direction of Mr. Trump Asked to do.

The three committees pointed out in a statement that they confirmed that Juliani had asked the Ukrainian government to “target” former Vice President Biden on a television program.

The chairman of the three committees said in a letter: “A trustworthy allegation that you acted on behalf of the President in a plan to abuse Mr. President's authority to pursue the personal interests of Mr. Trump is also subject to investigation. "

The US Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that US Secretary of State Pompeeo participated in a telephone conference on July 25 by Mr. Trump and Ukrainian President Zerensky.

According to the New York Times, Mr. Trump has requested Australia's Prime Minister Morrison to cooperate to verify that the investigation of allegations that the Russian government intervened in the 2016 US presidential election was appropriate. According to the paper, Mr. Trump asked Morrison to cooperate with Attorney General Bar, who conducts verification work on the alleged Russian investigation, according to a recent phone call. Criticism that Mr. Trump used diplomacy for the benefit of individuals may increase.

In addition, the Washington Post reported that the Secretary Bar had talked with British and Italian intelligence officials abroad and called for cooperation in verification work.

On June 26, the House Information Special Committee announced a whistle-blowing of Mr. Trump's alleged pressure on Ukraine.

Mr. Trump intensified his criticism on the 30th: “We are investigating whistleblowers. There are whistleblowers who report incorrect things.”

He also pointed out that the White House senior official who disclosed the whistleblower and whistleblowing information was a spy. He pointed out that he might be charged with treason.

On the other hand, the Democratic Party requested Republican Lindsay Glam Justice Chairman of Republican close to Mr. Trump to investigate how to deal with the administration's whistleblowing. He further argued that the witnesses of this issue need to be protected from being threatened.

<The public opinion for impeachment increases>

According to the latest poll released by Reuters / Ipsos on the 30th, the proportion of Americans who responded that President Trump should be impeached increased by 8 points from the previous week's survey to 45%. 41% opposed Trump ’s impeachment, and the rest said “I do n’t know”.

Although impeachment support is expanding, there is a view that whether further expansion will depend on how much the ruling Republican Party is in sync with the Democratic Party. [nL3N26M09F]