Published 14:43 IST, October 29th 2019
Democrats to vote on Oct 31 to make Trump's impeachment probe public
The House of Democrats will meet on October 30 to introduce a resolution to ensure transparency in the official impeachment inquiry against the President Trump
- World News
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The House of Democrats will meet on October 30 to introduce a resolution to ensure transparency in the impeachment probe against the President of United States, Donald Trump which will be marked up in the Rules Committee on October 31. According to the statement released by the House Committee on Rules, there is a need to provide a clear path forward for the public phase of the investigation against President Trump. This comes after the Republicans' continuously raised the complaints of Democrats carrying out a secret probe.
'Own words more appalling'
The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi also confirmed the meeting saying that the House has been following the evidence that has made Donald Trump's own words on his call with the Ukrainian President, 'more appalling'. Furthermore, the proposed resolution will provide the structure to the next phase of the ongoing impeachment inquiry, and make it public so that the citizens are also aware of the discoveries made throughout the investigation. According to Speaker Pelosi, the resolution will also authorize the disclosure of deposition transcripts, and transfer the evidence to the Judiciary Committee.
Republicans: What are Democrats afraid of?
The American constitution reportedly gives the House a broad authority to set rules for the impeachment inquiry. While Democrats say that they are following the house rules on the probe, the Republicans accuse the 'Do nothing Dems' of being afraid and involving even lesser people in the investigation. The officials who back President Trump in the process have also complained that Speaker Pelosi along with Chairman Adam Schiff is conducting the investigations in the dark. Moreover, last week a group nearly 30 Republicans even tried to enter the secure hearing room where the witnesses were testifying in the inquiry of the phone call between Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump to start an investigation on Joe Biden's son, Hunter and do Americana the favour to look into Ukraine's alleged role in interference.
Updated 18:31 IST, October 29th 2019