WATCH: Rep. Hoyer’s full statement ahead of House impeachment vote | Trump’s first impeachment
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Trump's first impeachment - 2020 During the six hours of debate ahead of the House impeachment vote, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., emphasized the Democrats' message that no one is above the law and criticized President Donald Trump's actions with Ukraine. "Never in all my years of serving ... did I ever expect to encounter such an obvious wrongdoing by the president of the United States," he said. "Nor did I expect to witness such a craven rationalization of presidential actions." Hoyer said Democrats, for a time, resisted pursuing impeachment against Trump "even as we watched with dismay and disgust at a pattern of wrongdoing." Trump has been charged with two articles of impeachment--abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. If passed, the process will then head for a trial in the Senate, where Republicans have a majority. Earlier in the day, the House voted to approve rules for the vote. For more on who’s who in the Trump impeachment inquiry, read: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/whos-who-in-the-trump-impeachment-inquiry Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us: Facebook: http://www.pbs.org/newshour Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/newshour Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/newshour Snapchat: @pbsnews Subscribe: PBS NewsHour podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe
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