Pelosi invited Trump to defend himself against Trump on the impeachment case or take the ＂gauntlet＂
BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Reuters)-On November 17, local time, US House Speaker Pelosi said in an interview with the media that he welcomed US President Trump to visit Congress to defend the confession of the impeachment investigation hearing or give a written reply. On the 18th, Trump posted a message on social media, saying that although he had done nothing wrong, he would "seriously consider" Pelosi’s proposal.
Data map: US President Trump. China News Service reporter Chen Mengtong photo
[Responding to the Democratic Party’s challenge to Trump to consider testifying at the impeachment hearing]
According to reports, recently, American Democrats continued to promote the impeachment investigation against Trump. Pelosi, the American Democrat and Speaker of the House of Representatives, said that Trump can go to Congress and hand over data that can clear his suspicions. "The president can speak directly in front of the Committee and tell all the truth he wants to say," Pelosi said. If Trump has exculpatory information, it means that his former officials are guilty and should be punished. "We look forward to seeing relevant information."
Schumer, the minority leader of the Democratic Senate, agreed with Pelosi’s proposal, saying that if Trump disagreed with the witness’s confession, he should not just tweet, but should take an oath in Congress and allow his subordinates to attend. For the White House to refuse witnesses to cooperate with the House of Representatives, Schumer asked: "What is Trump hiding?"
In this regard, Trump posted on social media on the 18th that Pelosi suggested that he testify about this "fake impeachment witch hunt". She also said that I could write it. ""Although I didn’t do anything wrong, I don’t want to make this scam without due legal process credible. But I like this proposal, and I will strongly consider doing it in order to get Congress to concentrate on things again! "
Data Map: Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, Democrat Pelosi. China News Service reporter Chen Mengtong photo
[The impeachment public hearing will enter the second week, and the US ambassador to the European Union will testify]
The first week’s public hearing on Trump’s impeachment investigation has ended. At present, the US House Intelligence Committee is preparing for the second week’s public hearing, and several witnesses including US Ambassador to the European Union Sunderland will attend the testimony.
According to reports, William Taylor, the US Acting Ambassador to Ukraine, once said that his assistant heard a phone call between Trump and Sunderland on July 26. Trump asked about the investigation in Ukraine, while Sunderland said that Ukraine was ready to proceed.
Taylor also pointed out that Sunderland believes that Trump cares more about the investigation of Biden than Ukraine itself. But later that day, Trump denied this statement. "I have no idea. This is the first time I’ve heard of it.
Data map: US President Trump. China News Service reporter Chen Mengtong photo
[Peng Si’s assistant was criticized by Trump for testifying in the impeachment case]
According to another report, Williams, assistant to US Vice President Burns’ foreign policy, said in a closed-door testimony in Congress earlier in November that Trump had made a number of "inappropriate" remarks when talking to Ukrainian President Zelensky this summer, some of which involved Trump’s "personal political goals" rather than US foreign policy goals. Williams had heard the conversation between the President of the United States and Ukraine, and her testimony was exposed on the 16th.
Trump criticized Williams on Twitter on the 17th, saying, "Tell Williams, no matter who she is, to read two presidential phone calls." He also ridiculed: "She should be with other ‘ Never support Trump ’ People meet, people I don’t know and have almost never heard of, so as to draw up a more effective plan to attack the president! "
It is reported that the US Congress will hold five public hearings from November 19th to 20th, among which Williams will attend the hearing on the 19th.
Data map: US President Trump. China News Service reporter Chen Mengtong photo
[Poll: More than half of Americans think Trump should be tried and removed]
According to the results of the first poll since the relevant hearing of the US Congress, a slight majority (51%) of Americans believe that Trump should be impeached and dismissed for his controversial behavior in the Ukrainian phone door case.
According to a joint poll conducted by ABC News Network and Ipsos Group on the 18th, 51% of American respondents said that Trump should be tried and convicted in the Senate. Another 6% are in favor of impeachment, but do not advocate the removal of Trump.
According to the survey, after the hearing of the House Intelligence Committee on the 13th, the proportion in favor of impeaching Trump has increased. According to the FiveThirtyEight website, the average results of previous polls show that about 48% of Americans are in favor of removing Trump.