Speaker Pelosi Pulls Trigger On Impeachment Inquiry

By Daniel Tucker
Speaker Pelosi Pulls Trigger On Impeachment Inquiry
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., reads a statement announcing a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. Andrew Harnik / Associated Press
Speaker Pelosi Pulls Trigger On Impeachment Inquiry
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., reads a statement announcing a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. Andrew Harnik / Associated Press

Speaker Pelosi Pulls Trigger On Impeachment Inquiry

By Daniel Tucker
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Yesterday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the announcement of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

The move comes after reports that Trump pressured the president of Ukraine to open a corruption investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden, one of the frontrunners vying for the Democratic nomination in 2020.

If the inquiry leads to a vote, President Trump would become just the fourth president in American history to face impeachment.

Morning Shift checks in with a congressional reporter who’s been following this story and an Illinois Congressman who supports an impeachment inquiry.

GUEST: Arthur Delaney, congressional reporter for HuffPost

Congressman Brad Schneider (D-IL) of Illinois’s 10th District