Democrats Release Impeachment Report, Cite Trump For Obstruction And Withholding Aid

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 13: (L-R) Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), Democratic Counsel Daniel Goldman, Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Republican Counsel Steve Castor listen to top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William B. Taylor Jr. testify during the first public hearings held by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill November 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. In the first public impeachment hearings in more than two decades, House Democrats are trying to build a case that President Donald Trump committed extortion, bribery or coercion by trying to enlist Ukraine to investigate his political rival in exchange for military aide and a White House meeting that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky sought with Trump. (Photo by Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images)

The report is in from Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee and it is damning for Donald Trump.

NEW: Rep. Adam Schiff on impeachment report: "This report chronicles a scheme by the president of the United States to coerce an ally, Ukraine, that is at war with an adversary, Russia, into doing the president's political dirty work." https://t.co/LHy3IzQIwt pic.twitter.com/RSydW7BhMS
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 3, 2019

From NBC News.

“The 300-page report cited two instances of improper conduct: obstruction of the House inquiry and withholding an official White House meeting and military aid from Ukraine on the condition of investigating a Trump political rival.“

On obstruction, the reports says, “No other President has flouted the Constitution and power of Congress to conduct oversight to this extent.”

The report also shows a timeline of Trump’s efforts to withhold military aid from Ukraine. The report notes:

“In making the decision to move forward, we were struck by the fact that the President’s misconduct was not an isolated occurrence, nor was it the product of a naïve president.”

“President Trump does not appear to believe there is any such limitation on his power to use White House meetings, military aid or other official acts to procure foreign help in his reelection.”

If this devastating factual report by @RepAdamSchiff’s Intelligence Committee doesn’t warrant the president’s impeachment and removal — ANY president’s impeachment and removal — then the Constitution’s protection against tyranny is dead. Period. Fullstop. https://t.co/7A1W3Q1w6C
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 3, 2019

But most surprisingly in the report are records of phone calls.

Far and away the most damning part of the new House report is the newly disclosed phone calls between Giuliani and everyone else involved — Nunes staff, Parnas and Fruman, OMB, Bolton, and others.
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) December 3, 2019

From the Democrats’ report just out:
“House Intelligence ranking member Devin Nunes had a number of contacts in April with Rudy Giuliani and Lev Parnas.” https://t.co/MnKZ2FHl8N
— Amy Siskind ?️‍? (@Amy_Siskind) December 3, 2019

You can read the report here.