Schiff: Trump Solicited Foreign Interference for Political Dirty Work

resident Donald Trump abused his office by pressuring Ukraine’s government to deliver a political favor, then undertook an effort to obscure his conduct and obstruct a congressional investigation, the House Intelligence Committee concluded.

The report by the panel’s Democratic-majority on its months-long investigation said Trump compromised national security and embarked on a campaign to block and intimidate potential and actual witnesses to his Ukraine-related conduct. He also continued to seek assistance from foreign governments to probe a 2020 political rival, it said.

“This continued solicitation of foreign interference in a U.S. election presents a clear and present danger that the president will continue to use the power of his office for his personal political gain,” the report, released Tuesday, said in its summary.

The Democrats’ report makes no recommendation on possible articles of impeachment against the president, but makes a case in its point-by-point assertions that Trump broke the law.

“It will be up to the Congress to determine whether these acts rise to the level of an impeachable offense, whether the president shall be held to account, and whether we as a nation are committed to the rule of law—or, instead, whether a president who uses the power of his office to coerce foreign interference in a U.S. election is something that Americans must simply ‘get over,’” Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney and Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel wrote in a joint statement.