Opinion: Polls show increasing support for impeachment. Trump builds a stonewall (via latimesopinion)
, a hotelier with limited political experience and no foreign policy background, was involved in the Ukraine discussions in the first place. As ambassador to the EU — in the tradition of Washington, D.C., politics, an apparent reward for his role as a major party donor — Ukraine falls outside his assigned portfolio.
But in refusing to let Sondland testify, and in withholding evidence in the form of related text messages on a personal device, Trump and his protectors are using the power of the presidency to impede an investigation into whether the president sought help from a foreign government to target a rival, and thus interfere in a U.S. presidential election.
According to the poll, support was lower, just under 50%, for the House going a step further and voting on impeachment, suggesting that the recent revelations about Trump’s conduct in Ukraine have led more people to demand more information. Notably, among Republicans — who have been tenacious in their support for Trump — about one-third now support the inquiry. And 57% of independents, crucial to the president’s reelection, also support it.
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