Articles of impeachment against President Trump unveiled
House Judiciary Committee members spoke to reporters after the Democratic caucus meeting. Rep. Karen Bass, a Democrat from California, said she was not disappointed that an obstruction of justice article was not introduced.
“I think the two articles are very strong, and I think the especially the obstruction of Congress is general,» Bass said.
She continued:
“Impeachment is something that we’re being forced to do, nobody is excited about this, if we weren’t concerned that we have no way of knowing if the President will continue to interfere in our elections, it leaves us no choice.»
Rhode Island Democratic Rep. David Cicilline said the articles both represent a pattern of abuse from the President. He said there’s broad consensus within the Democratic caucus for these articles.
“This strikes at the heart of our democracy, the ability of people to elect our own leaders, there’s no higher crime than the highest crime of abuse of power, that our founders contemplated as the basis of impeachment, there’s no higher crime than dragging a foreign government in to corrupt our elections,» Cicilline said.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas, said the introduction of articles of impeachment and upcoming votes on them will be decisions of “moral conscience.”
Rep. Val Demmings, a Democrat from Florida, said, “Impeachment is a political tool to hold the President accountable, so I feel very good. I feel good about the work of the Intelligence Committee and the Judiciary Committee. I feel good for the American people who have to obey the law and follow the law every day.”
“Nobody is above the law,” she said.
