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President faces impeachment article in House

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Published : Jul 14, 2017, 6:30 am IST
Updated : Jul 14, 2017, 6:30 am IST

Democrat Al Green has signed on to the resolution introduced by Mr Sherman.

Brad Sherman
 Brad Sherman

Washington: A Democratic Congressman has filed the first article of impeachment against President Donald Trump charging him with obstruction of justice in the probe into alleged Russian meddling in the US polls.

Democratic Congress-man from California Brad Sherman introduced the article of impeachment against Mr Trump for high crimes and misdemeanours.

Democrat Al Green has signed on to the resolution introduced by Mr Sherman.

This is for the first time that a US lawmaker has introduced an article of impeachment against Mr Trump, who was sworn in as the 45th US President on January 20.

The move is likely to be stalled in the Republican-controlled Congress. The House of Representatives needs to pass it by a majority vote for the article to move forward. Mr Trump’s Republican party has an advantage of 46 votes in the current House of Representatives and it is unlikely that the Republican lawmakers would vote on such an impeachment move.

The White House dismissed Mr Sherman’s move, with spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders saying, “I think that is utterly and completely ridiculous and a political game at its worst.”

“Recent disclosures by Donald Trump Jr. indicate that Mr Trump’s campaign was eager to receive assistance from Russia. It now seems likely that the President had something to hide when he tried to curtail the probe of NSA Michael Flynn and the wider Russian probe,” Mr Sherman said.    

Tags: donald trump, us polls, brad sherman
Location: United States, Washington