The 4 p.m. ET vote comes a day after Trump appeared before a highly polarized joint session of Congress to deliver his annual State of the Union address.
The speech did not include the word "impeachment," but Wednesday's looming vote nonetheless bled into the House chamber Tuesday night. The most telling moment came not from Trump, but from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who upstaged Trump's theatrics by ripping up a copy of his speech before either of them had even left the dais.
" She resisted intense pressure from a growing coalition of Democrats to launch impeachment proceedings after a lengthy investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller found numerous instances of potential obstruction of justice by Trump. But after a whistleblower's bombshell complaint revealed that Trump pressured Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a July 25 phone call to "look into" his potential 2020 opponent former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, Pelosi launched an impeachment inquiry in the House.
Democrats say Trump was attempting to cheat in the 2020 election by coercing a foreign ally to smear his possible political opponent with the stain of a criminal probe. They also argue he obstructed Congress by refusing to hand over any documents in the House's probe, and by pressuring potential witnesses not to comply.Trump has maintained that his call with Zelenskiy was "perfect.
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