DEMS/GOP/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The impeachment of President Donald Trump is almost at hand. House Democrats are just days from unveiling formal charges that Trump abused his power, and on Monday [12-9-19] they made a final pitch to Americans that he deserves to be removed from office for it…The presentation of evidence to the Judiciary Committee was in many ways a formality in the House’s broader impeachment push. But it served as a chance for Democrats to summarize the complicated case against Trump one last time — and provided Republicans another shot to defend him in public. Democrats argue that Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, conditioning military aid and a White House visit for an ally fighting a war against Russia in exchange for probes to aid his 2020 re-election bid.”
–Andrew Desiderio and Kyle Cheney, “Lawmakers clash as Dems present evidence for Trump’s impeachment,” Politico, December 9, 2019 4:08 pm