Trump Impeachment Articles Introduced By LA Congressman

LOS ANGELES, CA — Los Angeles Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat, introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump on the House floor Wednesday.

Sherman, egged on by a series impeachment rallies in his San Fernando district, drafted the articles last month but backed off amid pressure by House Democratic leadership. This week’s scandal around Donald Trump Jr.’s involvement with a Russian attorney during the campaign apparently prompted Sherman to resume his push for impeachment.

"Recent disclosures by Donald Trump Jr. indicate that 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 investigation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and the wider Russian probe,” Sherman said in a statement Wednesday. “I believe his conversations with, and subsequent firing of, FBI Director James Comey constitute obstruction of justice."

The 11-term Democrat’s H.R. 438 calls for the president to be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. The process won’t be easy, Sherman acknowledged.

"I am introducing Articles of Impeachment to begin a long process to protect our country from abuse of power, obstruction of justice and impulsive, ignorant incompetence," he said.

The White House had little to say about the articles and did not respond to a Patch request for comment.

“I think that is utterly and completely ridiculous and a political game at its worst," White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters at an off-camera White House briefing.

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