Saying she must act to stop Donald Trump from behaving like a king, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced today (December 5, 2019) that the House would proceed with the articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, setting the stage for the fourth time in American history a president would face that judgment, according to The Daily Beast website.
"The president has engaged in abuse of power undermining our national security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections," Pelosi said.
She added, "his actions are in defiance of the vision of our Founders, and the oath of office that he takes to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
While the House of Representatives has been considering impeaching Trump for years because of his abuse of power, it was the more recent Ukraine incident in which Trump told the Ukrainian president that he would give Ukraine millions of dollars in foreign aid, but only if he could find some "dirt" on Joe Biden (Trump's chief rival for the 2020 U.S. presidential election) that convinced the House that Trump violated his oath of office and the U.S. Constitution; consequently, Trump needed to be impeached.
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