House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (2nd L), Democrat of New York, and Ranking Member Doug Collins (2nd R), Republican of Georgia, attend a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the impeachment of US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 4, 2019. [Reuters]
Three legal experts told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate a political rival amounted to impeachable offenses, in a hearing that laid the groundwork for formal charges to be filed against the president.