Impeachment

"Put simply, you seek to overturn the results of the 2016 election and deprive the American people of the President they have freely chosen," the White House counsel told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a letter.

The proceedings under Presidents Nixon and Clinton sought the truth rather than partisan advantage.

Trump is like a child caught with his hand in the cookie jar: denying his hand was there, blaming whoever caught him, blaming the cookies, throwing a tantrum, daring parents to do anything about it.

Republicans have sought to pivot the scandal's focus away from Trump's efforts to get other nations' help in the presidential election and are instead focusing on alleged wrongdoing by Joe Biden and his son.

"No foreign government should ever be involved in a U.S. election in any way," Representative Adam Kinzinger told Fox News.

The governor says he is "skeptical" of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump's dealings with Ukraine.

Trump may see a deal with Kim as his best chance for a major victory. But fallout from our domestic politics is so toxic it might scuttle the agreement—no matter its terms. This would be a massive mistake.

While some people used the poll as proof Congress members should pursue impeachment, others claimed it wasn't representative of ordinary people's feelings about Trump.

Jay Sekulow told the Fox host that the second whistleblower could not add anything more because "it is not an impeachable offense, Period."

"It is horrifying for President Trump to ask foreign governments to interfere in a U.S. election," Chris Truax, RRL's legal adviser, told Newsweek.

"You'll have a very Democratic Senate next year," former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld said.

"I think he honestly believes his political self-interest is the nation's interests," the former Hewlett-Packard CEO said of President Donald Trump in an interview for the "Recode Decode" podcast.

"Nancy Pelosi's in the clutches of a left wing mob," McConnell says in the video asking for campaign donations.

Richard W. Painter served as the chief White House ethics lawyer for the George W. Bush administration from 2005 to 2007.

"For generations, we have softened our language and moderated our tone...No more," said Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley.

Louisiana congressional candidate Rob Anderson also branded President Donald Trump's attorney a "rogue sentient Gummy Bear."

Jason Kander alleged that Trump prioritizes Russian interests over U.S. ones, which he said is "reason enough to impeach."

The president suggested that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and House Speaker Pelosi should themselves be impeached, accusing them of "high crimes and misdemeanors."

"I think that he does a lot of things to save face," former Trump Organization executive Barbara Res said. "There are some things he can't control and he's not at the point where he can control this."

The former Secretary of State also urged Republicans to remember "the Constitution started with, 'We the People,' not 'Me the President.'"

"Allegation after allegation of corruption, never followed up, never looked at," Giuliani said.

"We were devoted to the Constitution," Linda Chavez said. "And what I see happening now is people who are absolutely abrogating their duty.

"I gotta tell you, you read these... it seems that Ukrainian officials and some top American officials sure saw a quid pro quo," Chris Wallace pointed out.

"We can investigate the crimes of Donald Trump for the next four or five years and if we do, we will be going into a second term," Richard Painter warned.

"But I wouldn't be surprised if it's even more than that," Representative Brendan Boyle said.

"We talked baseball. Yankees-Red Sox. Not politics," the constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz said.

A former Republican congressman who voted to impeach President Bill Clinton in 1998 told Fox News Saturday that the current claims against Donald Trump are far more damning.

"We're fighting every day for the American worker," the first daughter told Fox Business Network. "That's our priority."

Pence has been implicated in Trump's efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government into opening an investigation into 2020 rival Joe Biden.

The House Speaker has reiterated she has no intention to hold a floor vote and stated her belief that one is not required to launch an impeachment inquiry—a conviction that is backed by legal experts and the Constitution.