President Donald Trump has called the approval of impeachment articles against him a “sham” and “a hoax,” and accused Democrats of “trivializing impeachment.”
Speaking to reporters from the White House on Friday, Trump said that he “wouldn’t mind” a drawn-out impeachment process, and would like to see the whistleblower whose complaint against him kickstarted the impeachment drive.
Though Trump has for months raged at the Democrats attempting to impeach him, his latest statement came immediately after the Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee voted to approve two articles of impeachment against him, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
The articles will now advance to a full House debate and vote, possibly as early as next week. If Democrats secure a simple majority, Trump will face a Senate trial. However, with the upper house in the hands of the Republicans, it is highly unlikely that a two-thirds majority will vote to convict and oust him.
