House Intelligence Committee finds “serious misconduct” by the president.

Stuff reports:

The US House Judiciary Committee is moving swiftly to weigh findings by fellow lawmakers that US President Donald Trump misused the power of his office for personal political gain and then obstructed Congress’ investigation as possible grounds for impeachment.

Responsible for drafting articles of impeachment, the Judiciary Committee prepared Wednesday morning for its first hearing since the release of a 300-page report by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee that found “serious misconduct” by the president.

The report did not render a judgment on whether Trump’s actions stemming from a July 25 phone call with Ukraine’s president rose to the constitutional level of “high crimes and misdemeanours” warranting impeachment. That is for the full House to decide.

They should and they will.

The inquiry found that Trump “solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, to benefit his reelection,” Schiff wrote in the report’s preface. In doing so, the president “sought to undermine the integrity of the US presidential election process, and endangered US national security,” the report said. When Congress began investigating, it added, Trump obstructed the investigation like no other president in history.

The bottom line is the President is not above the law.