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    So there's an impeachment inquiry in Congress. What happens now?

    by Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times Oct 02, 2019 6 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Amid allegations that President Donald Trump abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to investigate one of his political rivals, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) opened a formal impeachment inquiry.

    Trump has acknowledged that he asked Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy to open investigations into Biden and his son Hunter, who served on the board of a Ukrainian gas company. At the time of the July 25 phone call in which Trump asked Zelenskiy for this "favor," the U.S. president had also put a hold on nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine.

    Those actions - first disclosed in a whistleblower's complaint - are now at the center of the House impeachment inquiry. Trump insists the withholding of the aid was not related to his request that Ukraine investigate one of his leading political rivals in 2020.

    Though three former presidents have faced serious impeachment efforts, and two were impeached, the road ahead is only loosely laid out by the Constitution.

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