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\"\"VOA – President Donald Trump and U.S. lawmakers are away from Washington, but questions about possible impeachment of the president continue to swirl as the White House thwarts multiple investigations led by House Democrats after the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s Russia probe. While the House could impeach, Trump is virtually assured of remaining in office as there is almost zero chance the Republican-led Senate would convict him. Democrats are using their House majority to investigate Trump and his administration on everything from the treatment of migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border to the president\u2019s foreign business dealings and tax returns. Democrats also want the Justice Department to release the full, unredacted Mueller report. The White House is blocking them at almost every turn, causing tempers to boil over.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump administration has taken obstruction of Congress to new heights,\u201d said Rep. Jerry Nadler, Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n

His words were echoed by Judiciary Committee member Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, also a Democrat.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to surmise that this is an absolute lawless behavior by this administration,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The House is taking steps to hold key administration officials in contempt of Congress, but the body has a more potent \u2013 and explosive \u2013 option: formally leveling charges against Trump, or impeachment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we need to do is at least be on that track and at least be in the process of impeachment,\u201d said. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat.<\/p>\n

Republicans see Democrats as desperately clinging to a narrative of presidential wrongdoing after special counsel Mueller found no collusion between Trump\u2019s inner circle and Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Democrats have no plans, no purpose, and no viable legislative agenda beyond attacking this administration,\u201d said Rep. Doug Collins, a Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n

And powerful Democratic leaders, among them House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are wary of launching impeachment proceedings, at least for now.<\/p>\n

\u201cImpeachment is a very divisive place to go in our country. And we can get the facts to the American people, through our investigation. It may take us to a place where it is unavoidable, in terms of impeachment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, President Trump, sticking to his guns, called on Democrats to \u201cget these phony investigations over with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, Trump halted consultations with Democrats on a major initiative to modernize U.S. infrastructure until congressional probes are complete.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou (Democrats) can go down the investigation track and you can go down the investment track \u2013 or the track of let\u2019s get things done for the American people,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

Two U.S. presidents have been impeached, most recently Bill Clinton. The impeachment vote sullied Clinton\u2019s record but did not lead to his removal from office. The same likely would be true for Trump. Democrats vying for the 2020 presidential nomination all want to oust Trump, but at the ballot box.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems like every day or two, there is another affront to the rule of law \u2026 The best thing I can do to get us a new president is to win the nomination and defeat the president who\u2019s there,\u201d said Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic presidential candidate, one of more than twenty running to unseat Trump, speaking on ABC\u2019s \u2018This Week\u2019 program.<\/p>\n

Polls do not show the American people clamoring for Trump\u2019s impeachment. Bill Clinton\u2019s approval numbers actually rose after House Republicans launched impeachment proceedings against him in 1988.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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