Majority of U.S. House Democrats favour starting impeachment proceedings


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  • Saturday, 03 Aug 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump departs for travel to Bedminster, New Jersey from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives now favour launching impeachment proceedings against Republican President Donald Trump, after a California lawmaker on Friday became the 118th Democrat to call for the process to begin.

"In the past few years, our nation has seen and heard things from this president that have no place in our democracy," Representative Salud Carbajal said in a statement that accused Trump of "criminal" behaviour.

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