WASHINGTON ― With the Senate preparing to acquit President Donald Trump, you might think Democrats would try to keep the focus on the Ukraine scandal by impeaching other administration officials involved in the scheme. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), a longtime proponent of impeaching Trump, said he was in favor of “tightening the screws of accountability” in any way Democrats can. But impeaching other officials might also cheapen the House’s action against Trump, while putting electorally vulnerable Democrats in a tough position and playing into a GOP argument that Democrats will impeach anyone. And if other officials were involved in withholding aid to Ukraine to boost Trump’s reelection campaign and then covering it up, don’t Democrats have a responsibility to impeach those officials too? Democrats, understandably, don’t want to distract from Trump’s trial.

Source: Huffington Post January 30, 2020 19:41 UTC