Trump calls impeachment vote 'embarrassment' to nation


With a vote by the full House expected next week, Trump declared in the Oval Office that the Democrats had "made absolute fools of themselves" by moving ahead with impeachment. Trump stands poised to be the third president impeached, though it is all but certain he will not be removed from office by the Republican-controlled Senate.

”You’re trivializing impeachment, when you use it for absolutely nothing, other than trying for political gain," Trump said as he sat alongside the president of Paraguay. ”It’s a sad thing for the country but a good thing for me politically."

Trump's latest pushback on impeachment came a short time after Giuliani turned up at the White House. Giuliani, who has been deeply involved in the Ukraine dealings at the heart of the impeachment inquiry, was expected to meet with Trump, who requested a briefing from the former New York City mayor on his recent trip to Kyiv.

Trump, who ignored a shouted question about his lawyer, also has urged Giuliani to inform the Justice Department and Republican senators about what he discovered in Ukraine. Giuliani did not immediately respond to a request for comment but tweeted that "The American people have already made up their mind on this #ImpeachmentScam This is a SMOKESCREEN for the Obama-Biden administration’s corruption. It will soon be proven."

Giuliani's visit to the White House underscored how Trump has not backed away from the very conspiracy theories and unfounded allegations of corruption that led to the impeachment inquiry imperiling his presidency. House Democrats moved to impeach him after it was revealed that military aid to Ukraine was delayed as Trump pushed Kyiv to investigate potential political foe, former Vice President Joe Biden.



Trump, who stands poised to be the first impeached president to run for reelection, insisted impeachment may be a political win. His campaign manager, Brad Parscale, added that “The baseless, sham impeachment is just out-of-control partisan politics and the American people are rejecting it.”


The former mayor also wanted to bring attention to the work that Biden's son Hunter did in Ukraine and urged Trump to demand Kyiv investigate his political foe.








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