As Judiciary Committee debates articles of impeachment, Russia is nowhere and everywhere
WASHINGTON - When the House Judiciary Committee began its historic session Wednesday night to consider two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, one issue was glaringly absent - Russia.
For three years, House Democrats made the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, and his bitter fight against the special counsel investigation into Moscow's meddling in the 2016 election, the centerpiece of their argument about why he was unfit to lead the country.
But as the Democratic-controlled House prepares to make Trump the third president in U.S. history to be impeached, Democrats will only consider Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to smear his political enemies as he runs for reelection.
What happened to Russia?
"Ukraine is even more egregious," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who originally said lawmakers should consider impeaching Trump for trying to obstruct the special counsel investigation. "We want to
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