Impeaching President Donald Trump may take a little longer than Democrats hoped -- a prospect that brings new political complications to their already high-risk strategy | Analysis by stcollinson
Ever-broadening revelations about Trump's alleged covert foreign policy scheme for political gain in Ukraine are bolstering an increasingly firm case that he abused the power of his office. But paradoxically, the mountains of new evidence collected in the process -- mostly from depositions by career State Department officials -- also threaten to make impeachment a more perilous political exercise for Democrats.
And testimony last week by Trump's former top Russia hand Fiona Hill -- that for the first time exposed the depth of Trump's Ukraine operation -- raised the possibility that former national security adviser John Bolton could be called for blockbuster testimony.Even a delay of weeks on the tight self-imposed impeachment timetable could have significant knock on effects.
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