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House Speaker Pelosi Opens Trump Impeachment Inquiry

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   Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has announced a formal
   impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump and allegations he
   sought a foreign government's help with his 2020 re-election bid.

   Pelosi made her announcement after huddling inside the Capitol with
   House Democratic leaders as the number of Democratic lawmakers who back
   impeachment proceedings grew throughout the day Tuesday.

   "The actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the
   constitution," Pelosi said. "The president must be held accountable. No
   one is above the law."

   For months, Pelosi has resisted opening a formal impeachment inquiry
   into Trump over earlier allegations of obstruction of justice stemming
   from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report.

   But the pressure on Pelosi has grown in recent days over reports Trump
   urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Democratic
   presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden over a
   high-paying job his son Hunter Biden had with a Ukrainian gas company.

   Biden has been the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential
   nomination and a potential rival to Trump in the 2020 election.

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