“Our President holds the ultimate public trust. When he betrays that trust and put himself before country, he endangers the Constitution. He endangers our democracy and he endangers our national security,” said Chairman Nadler.
He added that the “framers of the Constitution prescribed a clear remedy for Presidents who violate their oath of office and that is the power of impeachment.”
Chairman Nadler said the House is charging the Pres. Trump with “committing high crimes and misdemeanors” for abusing the power of the presidency when he solicited and pressured Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 elections and obstruction of Congress for “engaging in unprecedented, categorical and indiscriminate defiance of the impeachment inquiry.”
The House Judiciary Committee will vote on the articles of impeachment later this week, according to Chairman Nadler.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-California) commented, “We stand here today because the president’s continuing abuse of his power has left us no choice. To do nothing would make ourselves complicit in the president’s abuse of his high office, the public trust and our national security.”
