Published 16:11 IST, December 4th 2019

US Democrats proposes forceful impeachment case against Trump

House Committee report makes forceful impeachment case against Trump. The Democrat led panel voted 13 to 9 to send the case to House Judiciary Committee.

Reported by: Tanima Ray
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House Intelligence Committee has presented a 300-p report against US President Donald Trump which makes a forceful face for impeachment claimed Democrats at a closed-door hearing on December 3.  Democratic-led panel voted 13 to 9, along strict party lines as expected, to officially adopt and issue report to House Judiciary Committee, which is tasked with drafting articles of impeachment against president. report called an unparalleled effort of obstruction, including witness intimidation, to stifle investigation into Trump's Ukraine scheme. report has been immediately dismissed by White House.

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final report on Intelligence Committee's investigation read that president placed his personal political interests above national interests of United States, sought to undermine integrity of US presidential election process, and endangered US national security. It furr read that President Trump and his senior officials might t feel that it is wrong for m to use power of office of president to pressure a foreign country to help president's reelection campaign. However, Founding Fars prescribed a remedy for a chief executive who places his personal interests above those of country i.e. impeachment.

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Contents of report

report mapped out how Trump, his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and senior diplomats pressurized Ukraine's president into investigating Joe Biden. It also claimed that Trump pressured Zelensky to investigate a conspiracy ory that it was Ukraine and t Russia, that interfered in 2016 US election. For both demands, nearly $400 million US military aid was offered, it said. Moreover, report claimed that Trump sought to obstruct congressional probe, refusing to provide documents to investigators, preventing witnesses from appearing, and threatening some of those who did appear. 

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This report chronicles a scheme by president of United States to coerce an ally, Ukraine, that is at war with an adversary, Russia, into investigation his 2020 Presidential candidate, Biden, said, House Committee Chairman Adam Schiff.

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On or hand, Trump currently at NATO summit again accused Democrats of playing a political game. He reiterated his previous words by calling it a "hoax". Likewise, Trump's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham dismissed both report and Schiff's investigation. She called it "a one-sided sham process" and said that re is strong evidence while speaking to Press. report reads like "ramblings of a basement blogger straining to prove something when re is evidence of thing", she said to Press.

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(With inputs from ncies)

15:09 IST, December 4th 2019