US House of Reps may launch impeachment inquiry against Trump

The leader of President Donald Trump‘s envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker has thrown in the towel over a recent whistle-blower complaint.

This has forced Speaker Nancy Pelosi to declare that the United States House of Representatives would launch a formal impeachment inquiry against President Trump.

The complaint publicly released from within the intelligence community on Thursday, described Volker as trying to “contain the damage” from efforts by Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani to press Ukraine to investigate Democrats.

Volker, who had served in the position on a part-time, unpaid basis since 2017, had sought to help Ukraine’s government resolve its confrontation with Russia-sponsored separatists.

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Pelosi’s declaration now assents to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunges a deeply divided nation into an election-year clash between Congress and the president.

Reports say the whistle-blowing complaint comes amid reports that Trump may have abused his presidential powers and sought help from a foreign government to undermine former Vice President Joe Biden, the current Democratic frontrunner, and help his own re-election.

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