Impeachment Live Updates: Republicans Try to Shift Focus to Hunter Biden During Debate on Trump Charges – By Michael D. Shear (New York Times) / Dec 12 2019
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are using the debate to try to justify President Trump’s actions by discrediting the son of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Democrats on the panel defeated an amendment to kill the abuse of power charge.
Eight hours after beginning debate, Republicans proposed eliminating the obstruction of Congress article, arguing that President Trump has cooperated with the impeachment inquiry and asserting that Democrats have not been fair to the president.
The amendment was the fourth attempt of the day by Republicans to alter the articles of impeachment as the Democratic-controlled committee proceeded toward approval of articles charging Mr. Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Republican amendment asserts Trump held up security aid out of concern for Ukraine corruption.
Republicans sought to give Mr. Trump the benefit of the doubt about why he withheld security aid to Ukraine, proposing an amendment that asserts the president withheld the aid because of lawful concerns about corruption in Ukraine, not for corrupt personal purposes.
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