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US House of Representatives The US House of Representatives is considering impeaching Trump for many acts, including bribery, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said.
"Based on what the witnesses have said so far, there are many offenses that can bring impeachment of the President, such as bribes, serious offenses to misconduct," Schiff said in the interview. interviewed by NPR on November 12.
US Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff spoke during a meeting in Washington D.C. Photo: Reuters.
The chairman of the US House Intelligence Committee said the basic allegations against President Trump revolved around his seeking foreign intervention in an election in the United States and providing conditions in return. political interests.
Schiff affirmed that bribery is an impeachable act according to the Constitution, but the interpretation of it is very different from the time the US Constitution was drafted.
"Its connotations are now much wider. It includes breaking public confidence when you use public affairs for personal or political purposes, not for the national good," Schiff said. . "Here, the US president seeks help from Ukraine in his re-election campaign with two investigations that he deems to be politically advantageous, targeting one of his main rivals."
The chairman of the US House Intelligence Committee explained that bribery is not necessarily related to money, but can be understood as other things of value, such as binding foreign aid to political interests.
The comments were made by Schiff amid public hearings aimed at impeaching President Trump of the Democratic Party. Schiff also showed that the Democratic Party is changing words in an attempt to impeach Trump, focusing on terms such as "bribery" and "blackmail" instead of accusing "trade-offs" as before.
The House of Representatives Democrats announced an impeachment investigation into President Trump in late September, after a "whistleblower" accused Trump of urging Ukrainian President Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Biden in a phone call. July 25. Biden is one of the leading candidates for the Democratic Party, a rival of Trump in the race to the White House in 2020.
