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Trump Defense Can No Longer Avoid John Bolton's testimony in the impeachment trial Former national security advisor, John Bolton has disclosed in his forthcoming book that it is for a fact that Mr. Donald Trump had disclosed to him about his intent to withhold funds from Ukraine as a pressure tactic to ensure the country’s leader aided investigations into Democrats, especially the Bidens . With this revelation, the need to investigate into witness testimony has become evidently clear, a fact, that the Republican dominated senate also may not be able to ignore. Trump has denied telling Bolton anything of this sort. The impeachment centered around the allegation that it was indeed a pressure tactic used by Trump to bend the Ukrainian PM to investigate the Bidens to suit his election campaign strategy. Later on, Trump decided to withhold the aid money that had been duly sanctioned by the Congress in a unanimous vote. This could be a possible reason as to why T...

Senate non willingness to get witnesses over a fair trail might delay the impeachment proceedings People have mixed reactions over Trump's impeachment The impeachment proceedings of the US President Donald Trump has hit a roadblock in the absence of witnesses and some bit on non-clarity over rules. While the House voted last week in favour of the Impeachment, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, she would be withholding the articles to the Republican-controlled Senate before the year-end break unless she had clarity over the rules and witnesses to appear at the trial. Apparently, both houses of Congress are on recess while Trump is in Florida till the year end.   However, lawmakers are positive that the congressional leaders will reach a deal and be able to send the two articles to the Senate soon. In order to present a fair trial, the Democrats would like to call witnesses, which the White House has been denying. These include acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, ...

House of Democrats is now in their way to make two hearings concerning Mr. Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry. This is the first step towards making the proceedings public and to take the common man into confidence about the kind of person that is holding the most important seat in the White House. Public hearing has been agreed over pressure mounted on the House of Democrats by the Republicans and Trump himself. The public hearings will now heighten the investigation taking it to a new and critical phase that is all but certain to exacerbate sharp partisan divisions over the process. The impeachment proceedings have been able to the see the light of the day, because of many within the Trump administration who have worked alongside Trump, with a heavy heart and unwilling nod to his dubious self serving methods to run the show. It is only when witnesses have offered testimony on Trump's communication that Democrats have had a card aga...