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Trump impeachment looms as House committee approves charges

US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) announces the results and closes the hearing as Republican ranking member Rep. Doug Collins reacts after the committee voted to approve two articles of impeachment against US President Donald Trump. [Reuters]

Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Friday took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment by approving two charges against him over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden. 

A divided House Judiciary Committee voted 23-17 along party lines to approve articles of impeachment charging Trump with abusing the power of his office over the Ukraine scandal and obstructing House Democrats’ attempts to investigate him for it.

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