US EditionTop Democrat shoots down impeachment efforts against Trump
- House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar rejected impeachment efforts against President Donald Trump on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
- This followed Michigan Democrat Shri Thanedar filing seven articles of impeachment on Monday, accusing Trump of multiple abuses of power.
- Aguilar and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries downplayed impeachment, emphasizing focus on policy issues and doubting Republican cooperation.
- Thanedar stated Trump is unfit, citing unconstitutional actions, while Aguilar said, "Right now, we will deal with the tools in front of us."
- Impeachment measures are unlikely to advance with Republican majorities, and Democrats may reconsider only if control shifts after 2026 midterms.
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Top House Dems say they'll join GOP to quash Trump impeachment effort
Top House Democrats said Wednesday they will join Republicans in blocking a House-wide vote on impeaching President Donald Trump."I have said before from this podium, this is not the right approach we should be taking," House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., said at his weekly press conference. "I'll join members of the leadership team in voting to table that motion."Aguilar called the push by one lawmaker within his caucus a "dis…
House Republicans 'shielding' Trump by ignoring 'allegations of impropriety': analysis
When former President Joe Biden was in the White House, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Kentucky) went after him with a vengeance — often promoting conspiracy theories involving the Democratic then-president and his son, Hunter Biden. But Comer is a strong supporter of President Donald Trump and isn't targeting him for investigations. In his May 1 column, the Washington Post's Philip Bump accuses Comer and other Republicans on …
Aguilar rejects Trump impeachment efforts as method of resistance
Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA), one of the most powerful Democrats in the House, rejected his colleagues’ efforts to impeach President Donald Trump for the third time, opting for other means of resisting his second administration. Aguilar, the chair of the…
Top House Democrat Aguilar Dismisses Attempts to Impeach Trump - The Virginia Star
by Natalia Mittelstadt House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar on Tuesday dismissed attempts to impeach President Trump. “Impeachment is, at times, a tool that can be used. This president is no stranger to that; he’s been impeached twice,” Aguilar told reporters in the Capitol, according to The Hill news outlet. “But we don’t have any confidence that House and Senate Republicans would do their jobs. And so this is not an exercise that we…
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