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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
National
Alex Daugherty

Congress holds first hearing on Haiti in 20 years amid political instability

WASHINGTON _ Minutes after House Democrats announced articles of impeachment on President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Rep. Frederica Wilson entered a meeting room in Washington and asked a group of Haitian activists about efforts to impeach their embattled president, Jovenel Moise.

"We live in the United States and we have corruption ... right in our White House just like you have corruption with your president," said Wilson, D-Fla. "What has happened to the impeachment process in Haiti?"

Emmanuela Douyon, an economist and activist with Petrochallenger and Nou Pap Domi anti-corruption grassroots movement, laid out a scenario that makes the allegations against Trump look minuscule in comparison.

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