House Intel Chairman Schiff says impeachment inquiry will remain focused on President Trump's 'fundamental breach' of his oath of office.
WASHINGTON — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Sunday that Democrats will investigate a range of issues surrounding President Donald Trump’s alleged pressuring of Ukraine in their impeachment inquiry, but insisted that the focus will remain on what he called the"fundamental breach of the president's oath of office."
After a flurry of news stories shed some light on the complaint, the White House ultimately released a, as well as a memo summarizing the July call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, which is at the center of the complaint. Schiff told"Meet the Press" that the House is working"urgently" to investigate all facets of the issue — including whether the president committed an impeachable offense by raising the Biden issue, whether Giuliani's overtures were proper, and whether the White House was using the frozen aid as leverage. The chairman didn't commit to a timeline, or to whether he'd call on Giuliani to testify.
“Even as he tries to weaken our ability to get facts on one, he’s going to strengthen the facts on the other." Trump has repeatedly defended his conduct as proper — confirming key details, including the decision to withhold aid, but arguing that all his actions were aimed at encouraging Ukraine to root out corruption at large. That, he's argued, is good for both American interests and the international community, and has nothing to do with Biden.
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