Pressure is intensifying on Democratic House speaker Nancy Pelosi to launch impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump.
Dean Gray
May 24 2019 2:30 AM
Pressure is intensifying on Democratic House speaker Nancy Pelosi to launch impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump.
Ms Pelosi said the US president was engaged in obstruction of justice and a cover-up which could be an impeachable offence.
„The fact is, in plain sight in the public domain, this president is obstructing justice and he’s engaged in a cover-up – and that could be an impeachable offence,“ Ms Pelosi said.
On Wednesday, in an angry outburst, Mr Trump said he wouldn’t work with Democrats until they drop their probes of his administration.
But they were on a collision course long before the confrontation in the Cabinet Room. Mr Trump has been betting the future of his presidency on trying to goad Democrats into impeaching him, and the three-minute meeting marked a new low in the slow-moving drama over executive powers, congressional oversight and the critical needs of the nation.
Mr Trump’s declaration that he would end any attempt at bipartisan co-operation until Democrats drop their probes of his administration was eagerly retold by representatives of both parties.
The two sides echoed long-drawn rhetorical battle lines in the hours that followed.
But tensions are mounting.
Ms Pelosi’s comments come as a federal judge has rejected a request by Mr Trump to block congressional subpoenas for his banking records. The decision is a blow to the president in his bid to battle Democratic investigations into his personal finances.
The decision in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York could clear the way for Deutsche Bank and Capital One to hand over the president’s financial records to Democrats in the House. Mr Trump’s attorneys could appeal the decision.
Attorneys for Mr Trump, his family and the Trump Organisation filed for a preliminary injunction earlier this month as part of a lawsuit seeking to block the two institutions from handing over documents to the House Financial Services and Intelligence committees.
