ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump committed criminal bribery and wire fraud, the House Judiciary Committee alleges in a report that will accompany articles of impeachment this week. The report, a 169-page assessment of the case for Trump’s removal from office, contends that Trump committed ‘multiple federal crimes’ — ones that Democrats addressed under the broad umbrella of ‘abuse of power,’ the first article of impeachment against the president…The staff report, which was filed to the House Rules Committee just after midnight Monday [12-16-19], argues that Trump directed a months-long scheme to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 election, the allegation that forms the core of the two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — approved by the Judiciary Committee last week. Democrats emphasized that proving a criminal violation is not required to justify impeachment.”
–Kyle Cheney and Andrew Desiderio, “Judiciary Committee impeachment report alleges Trump committed ‘multiple federal crimes’,” Politico, December 16, 2019 6:17 am