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Poll: Americans Deadlocked on Impeachment

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Activists rally for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., committed Tuesday to launching a formal impeachment inquiry against Trump. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

By    |   Thursday, 26 September 2019 06:01 PM EDT

Americans are deadlocked at 43 percent on whether they support impeachment against President Donald Trump, although there’s been a 13-point swing in voters who say he has committed an impeachable offense in light of a phone call transcript showing Trump asked Ukraine’s leader to investigate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.

The Morning Consult Poll, was conducted Sept. 24-26 as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced impeachment proceedings against Trump.

The figure for support rose 7 percentage points, while opposition dropped 6 percentage points.

Pelosi endorsed an impeachment probe on Tuesday. It will focus on whether Trump abused his presidential powers and sought help from a foreign government to undermine Biden and help his own reelection effort.

Biden, the former vice president, is the Democratic front-runner.

Trump in a summer phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky asked for help in investigating Biden and his son, Hunter. In the days before the call, Trump ordered advisers freeze nearly $400 million in military aid for Ukraine.

Trump has denied allegations of a quid pro quo, though his actions have prompted speculation that he was holding out the money as leverage for information on the Bidens.

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Americans are deadlocked at 43 percent on whether they support impeachment against President Donald Trump, although there’s been a 13-point swing in voters who say he has committed an impeachable offense in light of a phone call transcript showing . . .
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Thursday, 26 September 2019 06:01 PM
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