The U.S. House killed a resolution brought forward by Rep. Al Green (D-TX) to impeach President Trump on Tuesday.
\n\nThe House approved a Republican motion to table the resolution brought forth by Al Green with a 232-147 vote. Another 47 lawmakers voted present, per CBS News:
\n\nGreen’s resolution sought to impeach Mr. Trump over the conduct of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. He cited the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero by federal immigration agents this year.
\n\nHouse Democratic leadership did not whip the vote, but announced in a joint statement on Monday that they would vote “present” on the motion to table Green’s impeachment resolution.
\n\nDemocrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said that “none of the serious work” for impeachment has been done to warrant Green’s resolution.
\n\n“Impeachment is a sacred constitutional vehicle designed to hold a corrupt executive accountable for abuse of power, breaking the law and violating the public trust,” Jeffries said on Tuesday. “The effort traditionally requires a comprehensive investigative process, the collection and review of thousands of documents, an exacting scrutiny of the facts, the examination of dozens of key witnesses, Congressional hearings…
Original source: https://breitbart.com/
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