US House Speaker announces impeachment inquiry into Trump over Ukraine scandal

US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi

Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the US House of Representatives would begin a formal impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, setting the stage for an extraordinary constitutional clash over allegations that the president sought the help of a foreign country to harm a political rival, the Guardian is reporting.

“The actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the constitution,” Pelosi said in a formal address in Washington on Tuesday evening. “The president must be held accountable. No one is above the law.”

Impeachment is a rare and dramatic escalation that will reshape Trump’s already norm-shattering presidency as he seeks re-election. It is also freighted with political risks in a nation deeply divided over this president.

Trump delivered a bellicose response on Twitter, accusing Democrats of “presidential harassment”.

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12 Comments

  1. September 28, 2019

    Hello and good morning my people. Well sixteen women accuses Trump of either raping or sexually abusing them but they still voted for him. They heard him on the access Hollywood tape saying where he grad women without their consent. He said he will sue all the women but to this date he hasn’t and we heard him on tape with his then lawyer Michael Cohen discussing paying two prostitute hush money. Now finally he has to answer for his criminal behavior regarding Ukraine while asking for dirt on his opponent. I reside in NY since 1978 and we know about Trump curruption but he ties people up with expensive lawyer which Can bankrupt people but now he met his match.

  2. Bring back the kidnapped Dominican parrots
    September 27, 2019

    The White House is being run like the MAFIA with a mob boss in charge. Every time he says something he sounds just like a mob boss threatening insulting people calling everyone who disagrees with him names like a child. very UN-presidential. It is time for the US to have a dignified sane adult president there is a mad man man child. It will take 50 years to repair all the damage this man child has done to the office of president.

  3. J.john-Charles
    September 26, 2019

    DNO fans, it’s just a trick, a big joke, make belief.Unless the resulution is brought before the House and majority members voted to impeach the president,nothing has changed.Pelosi reminds me of a man in my village who was making a brake behind a woman, and she was resisting.So the man gave the woman to hold his bank book to proved how serious he was.And the she fell for the trick.
    There are members in the Democratic Congress who are radicals,always crying impeach Trump, especially the Squad,4 ladies AOC from NY,2 Muslims, and one Presley from Massachusetts.So this was done to apease them.And remember the Senate which is controlled by Republicans will never vote with Democrats to remove their president from office.
    If democrats think we had no right to vote Trump in office,just wait for 2020.The best is uet to come

    • September 28, 2019

      To: J. John -Charles

      Hello and good morning my people. Well can you tell us how many of the women that accused Trump of rape or sexual abuse are being sued by him. Can you explain Trump discussing paying off Susan McDougal or Stormy Daniels with his then Attorney Michael Cohen. Or was it fake news or it wasn’t Trump on the tape. Maybe we shouldn’t believe our ears when it comes to Trump and all his corrupted acts.

  4. RandyX
    September 26, 2019

    It was only a matter of time. These despots can’t really survive in a true democracy for long! See BB Johnson in the UK. As for Skerrit, it will soon be curtains for him as well. He just simply overstepped the mark too much…!

  5. September 26, 2019

    Hip..Hip…Hooray….
    And according to Jim Reeve ,the singer,Where do we go from here..We shall see…

  6. I Must Admit
    September 25, 2019

    As bad as Donald Trump is, Roosevelt Skerrit is far worse than Trump and therefore he ought to be treated more severely than Trump.

  7. %
    September 25, 2019

    It’s only in Dominica some corrupt leaders are above the law. In fact a so called PM called upon his supporters to throw hot water on opposition candidates, and he remains untouched!

  8. J John-Charles
    September 25, 2019

    Trump is working hard for the citizens of the USA,sticking to promises made during the campaign.On the other hand democrats are suffering with Trump Derangement Syndrome.Before his inauguration on January 20 2017 democrats have being demonstrating against our president.During the campaign in 2016 under Obama administration they planted spies in his campaign.The DNC and Hillary Clinton paid millions of dollars to Fusion G.P.S.and FGPS hired a former spy from England C.S. and he hired KGB from Russia and they produced a dossier and used it to get permission from the FISA Court to spy on Trump’s campaign.Also Clinton agents paid Ukrainians to interfered in our elections.You will not hear this from the media because they are like hand in gloves with the Democratic party.It cost the tax payers $32 million Because Comey and democrats said Trump used Russia for his election victory.Instead they apologize to us, here they are again.
    We really want them to impeach Trump..come 2020

    • Channel 1
      September 26, 2019

      @J John-Charles – It is quite interesting to note how the anti-Trump forces out there will attempt to conveniently ignore these things.

    • Bring back the kidnapped Dominican parrots
      September 27, 2019

      Impeachment is just a political exercise, it means nothing. The trial in the Senate will go nowhere because the Republicans in the Senate will not vote to remove him. This is a waste of time, no president has ever been removed, it back-fired on the Republicans when they did it to Clinton, his approval rating went up.

  9. DAstrong
    September 25, 2019

    Don’t thing the US has balance of power . I wish DA was the same . some people has done enough for impeachment

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