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House Begins Public Impeachment Hearings

Posted by on Nov 19, 2019 in Current Events
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This week’s story update on Election Central summarizes the start of public hearings on the impeachment inquiry.

By now, you’ve likely heard of President Trump’s July 25 phone call to the president of Ukraine, in which Trump is accused of pressured the leader to investigate Joe Biden and his son. It is suggested that Trump planned to delay the delivery of millions of dollars of U.S. military aid unless the investigation took place. The accusations of this event by the president’s critics and political opponents have begun an impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives. Last week, the first two days of public hearings took place.

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