How impeachment works
LA TimesFirst, as part of its oversight and investigative responsibilities, the House considers whether to bring impeachment charges against federal officials. Politics Democrats open formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump With two-thirds of House Democrats supporting an impeachment inquiry, Pelosi agreed to launch a formal proceeding. The inquiry started with closed-door testimony, later made public, by three witnesses: William B. Taylor Jr., former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine George P. Kent, State Department official for European and Eurasian affairs Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine That was followed by two days of public hearings with the three witnesses. The committee decides whether to write up articles of impeachment The House Judiciary Committee heard from four law professors in a public hearing: Jonathan Turley, George Washington University Law School Noah Feldman, Harvard University Pamela Karlan, Stanford University Michael Gerhardt, University of North Carolina It also considered evidence against Trump from the House Intelligence Committee and approved two articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. If the committee votes in favor, the full House of Representatives votes on impeachment That’s where we are now: The Democratic-led House voted to impeach the president.