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by Causes | 9.26.19

The Latest on the Impeachment Inquiry

\n219 House Democrats and 1 independent publicly support launching an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump—only 218 votes would be required to impeach. \n
\nThursday, September 26, 2019, sees the declassification of the whistleblower complaint that prompted House Democrats to formally launch an impeachment probe targeting Trump.\n
Also on Thursday, Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire is testifying on Capitol Hill.
The White House on Wednesday released a memorandum of a July 25th phone call where Trump asked Ukraine's leader to \"do us a favor\" and work with Attorney General William Barr and Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph Giuliani, to \"look into\" former Vice President Joe Biden.
Anticipating the above revelation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced Tuesday that Democrats will launch a formal impeachment probe of Trump over this \"betrayal of the integrity of our elections.\"
Talk of impeachment has gotten people talking. We round up what politicians across the spectrum are saying here.

Where we are in impeachment proceedings?

—Josh Herman

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