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As Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats bring impeachment charges against President Donald Trump in 2019, the California Democrat has made a series of decisions that favor political activism over further investigation to protect his chances of re-election in 2020.
As Democrats contemplate impeachment options in December 2019, Pelosi found herself caught between progressives who want a broader investigation into any Trump wrongdoing and weak Democrats who want narrower charges that would quickly end the case, according to a forthcoming book. .
Ultimately, Pelosi decided to focus on one event, a phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and called for the process to be completed by the end of the year.
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Reporters Rachel Badde and Karun Demirjian wrote in their book "Unverified: The Unspeakable ".
Pelosi feared attempts to impeach Trump during his first term, arguing that the process was too divisive. However, it is recalled that Speaker of the House Trump called Zelensky and accepted an offer that he would cut military aid to Ukraine if the president did not investigate the president's son, Joe Biden.
The California Democrat chose to use the incident as the centerpiece of Trump's first impeachment, aiming to complete the investigation as quickly as possible — even without questioning key witnesses, according to the book. On December 18, 2019, the House of Representatives impeached Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The Senate later acquitted him.
Democrats knew that getting Republicans to vote to impeach Trump would be difficult, especially in the short term. However, the accusation that people in 2010. They went ahead anyway, hoping it would encourage him to vote in 2020, the book says.
As a result, Democrats have focused their efforts on impeaching Trump, who warned that his actions could threaten national security if left unchecked. The book says House Democrats have even tested their campaign structure to make it more favorable to independent voters.
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“This is a message that resonates with voters,” Pelosi said, and armed with a copy, “is a blow,” the authors wrote. “If the Democrats act quickly, they should get everything done by the holidays, freeing up the whole of 2020 for wallet issues for voters to campaign on.”
A spokesman for Pelosi dismissed the idea that the Speaker of the House weighed the policy in a full investigation, telling POLITICO that the book was "a useless exercise in problem-solving", adding that "Trump ignored and still ignores the position of the Republican Party."
Out of Control: The untold story of the failed congressional impeachment airs Tuesday.
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Original author: Kami Mondo
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