WASHINGTON — As momentum shifted toward impeaching then-President Donald Trump for withholding aid to Ukraine in 2019, U.S. Rep. Adam B. Schiff counseled Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the seven moderate freshman Democrats whose Washington Post op-ed supporting impeachment in essence forced the hand of House leaders, according to a new book.
“Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress’s Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump,” by Rachael Bade of Politico and Karoun Demirjian of The Post, which will be published Oct. 18, provides an inside look at the political machinations behind both of Trump’s impeachments.
Trump was impeached by the House in 2019 for withholding aid to Ukraine while demanding that country’s president announce an investigation into Trump’s political rival, Joe Biden, and his son Hunter, and was impeached again in 2021 for his actions around the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. The Senate acquitted him both times.
