Amid the political frenzy, eight keys to the coming Trump impeachment fight
by Byron York
| September 27, 2019 05:47 PM
Impeachment mania has gone from zero to 60 in record time in Washington. Little more than a week ago, President Trump seemed to have beaten back Democratic efforts to use the Trump-Russia affair to remove him from office. Now, he faces ferocious Democratic efforts to use the Trump-Ukraine affair to remove him from office.
But facts matter, even in an impeachment frenzy. And what is remarkable is how quickly House Democrats jumped on the impeachment train before knowing some of the basic facts of the Ukraine matter. Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry before the rough transcript of Trump's July 25 phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was even released and also before an intelligence community whistleblower's complaint — the document that sparked the entire controversy — was given to Congress or the public. When those documents came out, of course, both sides claimed support for their case.
Now, there is much more to be learned and issues to be resolved as Democrats go forward with their drive to bring Trump down. Here are eight keys to the future fight:
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