Tom Brenner/Getty Images With an impeachment inquiry underway, House Democrats are preparing on Wednesday to vote on a resolution rebuking President Donald Trump for blocking a whistleblower report on Ukraine.
The resolution, while nonbinding, will express lawmakers’ disapproval of the White House’s refusal to date to turn over the report, which is central to the controversy surrounding Trump’s interaction with the Ukrainian president.
House lawmakers are still far from any impeachment vote. But the resolution will result in a tally of Democrats who seek to publicly call Trump out.
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Meanwhile, the White House is reportedly preparing to allow the complaint to be turned over to Congress by the end of the week. That would follow the Wednesday release of a summary of a call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which showed Trump repeatedly prodded Zelensky to work with Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and the U.S. attorney general to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden.
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The Senate on Tuesday backed a resolution calling for the complaint to immediately be sent to intelligence committees.
On Thursday, Joseph Maguire, the acting director of national intelligence, is set to testify before the House Intelligence Committee about a complaint that involves Trump’s communications with foreign leaders, including with Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reports.
While an impeachment inquiry now has Pelosi’s support, six existing House committees are continuing their probes of the Trump administration. The Judiciary Committee is all but guaranteed to report out an impeachment package in the next few months, Politico reported — a set of articles charging Trump with high crimes and misdemeanors.
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A simple majority of the entire House is required for impeachment. If Trump were impeached by the House, a trial could be held in the Senate. With the Senate in Republican control under Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, however, such a case could be dismissed immediately.
U.S. stocks SPX, +0.45% DJIA, +0.63% were trading higher on Wednesday afternoon after dipping briefly following the release of the summary of Trump’s call with Zelensky.
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