MURRAY, Utah, Dec. 16, 2019 (Gephardt Daily) — U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams (D-Utah) announced Monday morning he will be voting to impeach President Donald Trump later this week.
McAdams made the announcement by reading a prepared statement at the Murray City Council chambers at 5025 S. State St. and did not take questions.
“We agree what the president did was wrong,” he said. “I will vote yes.”
The House judiciary committee voted Friday to approve two articles of impeachment against Trump, advancing the charges to the full House for a vote that could occur as early as Wednesday.
The committee released a report early Monday outlining how it came to its accusations, UPI is reporting.
The 658-page report, separated into four sections, details the process by which the committee arrived at its recommended articles of impeachment and the facts underlying the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Monday’s report states the evidence is “powerful enough” and the danger of delay “great enough” that inaction would be irresponsible.
“President Trump will continue to threaten the nation’s security, democracy and constitutional system if he is allowed to remain in office,” the report said.
The report argues that Trump has betrayed the trust of the American people by using the nation’s highest office for personal gain by soliciting a vulnerable Ukraine to investigate a political rival.
The committee launched its impeachment inquiry following revelations that Trump threatened to withhold aid from Ukraine unless it investigates Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, and his son Hunter Biden, who served on the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma between 2014 and early this year.
The report follows Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer sending a letter Sunday to Republican leader Mitch McConnell proposing parameters for an expectant impeachment trial in the upper chamber.
The Democrats said they want to hear from four former and present Trump administration officials, including former national security adviser John Bolton.
Gephardt Daily will have more on this developing story as information is made available.
