Leading up to the official public impeachment inquiry, President Trump has been blasting away on Twitter with even more frequency than he’s famous for doing. In a series of tweets starting on the eve of the inquiry, which kicks off on Capitol Hill Wednesday, the president highlighted arguments and quotes from various Republicans and political commentators making the case that the Democrats are engaged in a “partisan sham” based on an accusation that the evidence shows is “fraudulent.”
The Democrats’ impeachment effort centers around a whistleblower complaint about Trump’s July 25 call in which Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to “look into” the corruption allegations involving former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. The transcript of the call released by the Trump administration shows no “quid pro quo” arrangement, as the whistleblower and the Democrats have alleged. Still, the Democrats, led by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) maintain that Trump was attempting to force Ukraine to look into his political opponent by withholding U.S. military aide — aide that was ultimately granted without an investigation being conducted.
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