WATCH: Pelosi approves drafting impeachment articles against Trump

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has authorized House lawmakers to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. In an announcement on Dec. 5, Pelosi said Trump’s actions “are in defiance of the vision of our founders and the oath of office that he takes to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” The approval came a day after the House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing in the inquiry, consulting law professors on the legal arguments for and against impeachment. Previously, the House Intelligence Committee held a series of public hearings and closed-door depositions, in which current and former diplomats, advisers and government officials testified about their knowledge of the president's conversations and actions regarding Ukraine and a hold on military aid.

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