House Lays Out Case for Trump's Conviction Days Before Senate Trial
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON — House Democrats formally outlined their case on Saturday for President Trump’s removal from office, arguing in their first legal filing that the Senate should convict him for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress related to a pressure campaign on Ukraine.
In a lengthy brief, the House impeachment managers asserted that beginning in the spring, Mr. Trump undertook a corrupt campaign to push Ukraine to publicly announce investigations of his political rivals, withholding as leverage nearly $400 million in military aid and a White House meeting. He then sought to conceal those actions from Congress, they said, refusing to cooperate with a House impeachment inquiry and ordering administration officials not to testify or turn over documents requested by investigators.
“President Trump’s conduct is the framers’ worst nightmare,” the managers wrote, framing their argument in constitutional terms.
The House filing came as the president’s legal team prepared to forcefully deny that he abused his power or obstructed Congress, making his first formal response against two articles of impeachment at the center of the Senate trial that begins in earnest next week. It will be only the third presidential impeachment trial in American history.
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