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Trump, Ukraine and impeachment

What's the Trump impeachment inquiry about? The White House is in damage limitation mode following a whistleblower complaint that revealed details about a phone call between President Trump and Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky. The whistleblower expressed an 'urgent concern' that Mr Trump had used his office to pressure a foreign power to damage a political rival and leading Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden.

Now the Democrats have launched a formal impeachment inquiry into what went on. Where might this end up and what does it mean for American politics?

David Aaronovitch…

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