Trump impeachment evidence overwhelming —House report

Evidence for impeaching United States President, Donald Trump, for misconduct in office is “overwhelming”, a panel leading the impeachment inquiry said on Wednesday.

The president placed personal political interests “above the national interests of the United States,” it states in a key report to House lawmakers.

He did so by trying to “solicit foreign interference” from Ukraine to help his 2020 re-election bid.”

The report is designed to lay out the case to remove Mr. Trump from office, the BBC reports.

He denied any wrongdoing, and has described the inquiry as a witch-hunt.

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Before the draft report was released, the Republican president attacked the Democrat-led investigation as “very unpatriotic.”

Following publication, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said the Democrats “utterly failed to produce any evidence of wrongdoing” and that the report “reflects nothing more than their frustrations.”

The report now goes to the House Judiciary Committee, which will begin proceedings on Wednesday and consider formal impeachment charges against Mr. Trump.

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