4-page
Pelosi fact sheet uses Trump's own words to make case for impeachment
As
House Democrats work to make the case for impeachment to the
U.S. public, Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday released a four-page fact sheet
outlining how President Donald Trump "betrayed his oath of office"
for personal gain by pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President
Joe Biden.
The
document's three sections—titled "The Shakedown," "The Pressure
Campaign," and "The Cover Up"—use the words of Trump and members
of his administration to build a cumulative case that the president has abused
his power and should be impeached.
"In
recent weeks, the nation has learned more about how President Trump abused the
power of the presidency by using multiple levers of government—from Vice
President Pence to the State Department, including Secretary Mike Pompeo,
Ambassador Gordon Sondland, and Ambassador Kurt Volker—to advance a scheme to
undermine our 2020 elections for his political gain, and then to obstruct the
congressional inquiry into that scheme," the document states.
The
fact sheet opens with a now-infamous line from Trump's July 25 phone call with
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which sparked the whistleblower
complaint that ultimately led Pelosi to announce a formal impeachment probe
last month.
"I would like you to do us a favor, though," Trump said before asking Zelensky to open a probe into Biden and his son Hunter.
Recent
polls have indicate growing public support for impeaching Trump,
who called House Democrats' inquiry
"a lynching" in a tweet Tuesday morning.
A CNN survey out Tuesday found that 50
percent of Americans support impeaching Trump and removing him from office.
The
survey, the news outlet noted, represents "a new high in CNN polling
on the topic and the first time that support for impeachment and removal has
significantly outpaced opposition."
Read
the fact sheet HERE.
