Trump news : President attacks Congress members as they prepare for impeachment vote, after mocking teen activist Greta Thunberg
House of Representatives prepares to vote to remove Trump from office next week
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump is set to face impeachment in the House of Representatives, becoming the fourth president in US history to face removal from office on charges of misconduct after the House Judiciary Committee'prepares to send articles of impeachment to the full Congress.
The full House is expected to vote on impeachment next week.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she doesn't plan to whip votes to support impeachment, saying that House leadership won't pressure Democrats in vulnerable districts or moderate Democrats fearing political fallout from supporting efforts to remove the president from office.
She said: "We are not whipping this legislation, nor do we ever whip something like this. People have to come to their own conclusions. They've seen the facts as presented ... They'll make their own decision. I don't say anything to them."
Meanwhile, the president had an explosive day on Twitter, including an attack on teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg after she was named TIME magazine’s Person of the Year ahead of him as the committee prepared to resume its debate over articles of impeachment threatening to end his presidency.
“So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!” the president wrote on Twitter.
The president's campaign also shared a photo of the TIME cover with Mr Trump's face superimposed over the teenage climate activist.
Mr Trump also faced criticism for hosting notoriously antisemitic Texan pastor Robert Jeffress at his White House Hanukkah party, a man who once claimed Jews would go to hell and that Mr Trump’s impeachment would cause a “Civil War-like fracture” in American society.
Follow along developments as they happened.
Democrat Pramila Jayapal again asks: “Is it ever okay for a president to condition official action on personal gain?”
Republican Ken Buck is now sparring with Democrat Eric Swalwell after he said the president's actions "overlap" with criminal acts.
Republican Matt Gaetz is echoing claims the Ukrainians "did not even know" the White House was withholding crucial military aid. Former Ukrainian officials have said that is not the case - the government was reportedly aware of the hold as early as July.
Looks like Donald Trump is watching the impeachment proceedings against him, as the president sends out a tweet in real-time attacking the Democrats:
Republican Andy Biggs is now defending the president and speaking out against the articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, saying "the facts are contested" and claiming the key impeachment witnesses who heard his phone call with Ukraine were "conflicting". However, the witnesses who heard the call described concerns they had with the president's demands.
Democrat Val Demings has tweeted out a line from the statement she just read at today's impeachment hearing shooting down the Republican defence of the president:
"Come on! Get real! Be serious!" Democrat Jamie Raskin shouts at Republicans while laying out evidence to support the impeachment articles against Donald Trump. "Enough of these phony process objections!"
Republican Kelly Armstrong begins his statement by seemingly attacking key impeachment witness David Holmes for "having a 40 minute opening" statement during the public impeachment proceedings.
He is now going on to explain why he supports the motion to remove the abuse of power impeachment article against the president.
Donald Trump is live-tweeting the impeachment hearing, attacking Democrats as "the Radical Left" and "Do Nothing Democrats" -
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