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What Happens Next with the US House Impeachment Inquiry

Masood Farivar

   After two weeks of public hearings on U.S. President Donald Trump's
   dealings with Ukraine, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives
   are moving closer to formally impeaching the president on yet-to-be
   determined charges.

   While a vote to impeach by the full House is not expected until before
   Christmas, the pace of the impeachment inquiry under way since late
   September picks up this week with the presentation of a Democratic
   report on their findings and recommendations.

   Committee report

   The report, prepared by the House Intelligence Committee which
   conducted the recent hearings, will outline the Democrats' allegations
   that Trump abused his office by pressing Ukraine to investigate Trump's
   Democratic political rival, Joe Biden, and a debunked theory about
   Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The report
   will allege Trump used hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. military
   aid and a coveted White House meeting between the U.S. and Ukrainian
   leaders as leverage. The report will also recommend specific articles
   of impeachment.

   The exact charges remain unknown. Under the U.S. Constitution, a
   president can be impeached for bribery, extortion and "other high
   crimes and misdemeanors."

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