In the House of Representatives, impeachment of Trump is supported by the majority of deputies
Most members of the House of Representatives said they support an investigation into impeachment to President Trump, according to a New York Times and public statements.
220 Democrats expressed their support, as more detailed information came after Trump's attempt to put pressure on the president of Ukraine to investigate the case of former vice president Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son Hunter Biden. 15 democrats do not support the idea of initiating impeachment of the president. 143 Republican are in solidarity with them. 55 Republicans have not yet expressed their opinion.
If the House votes on impeachment articles, then impeachment itself will require a majority, or 218 votes.
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Starting in May, The Times asks each representative about his position and updates your list page adherents of impeachment.
Some Democrats called for impeachment after special lawyer Robert Sven Muller III said he could not blame Trump for obstructing justice.
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Representative from Michigan Justin Amash was the only Republican from the House of Representatives to publicly conclude that Trump is "behaving flawlessly." Since then, he left the party, becoming independent in the chamber.
As ForumDaily wrote earlier:
- During a stay in New York, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky Meets with representatives of the Ukrainian community of the United States, where he thanked them for supporting Ukraine. Zelensky called American Ukrainians "our best diplomats, our lobbyists."
- Congressmen became interested in a telephone conversation between the two presidents as part of an investigation into whether Trump and his lawyer Rudolf Giuliani tried put pressure on Ukraine in order to help Trump's election campaign in 2020 year.
- Democrats announce formal request for US impeachment, which was triggered by a conversation between Ukrainian and American leaders.
- US Department of State published conversation transcript President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and President of the United States Donald Trump.
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