Impeachment fight escalates as Trump calls probe a 'coup'US President Donald Trump, pictured here on the South Lawn of the White House July 5, 2019, has mounted an aggressive defense of a phone call to the President of Ukraine that has prompted an impeachment investigationWASHINGTON - As Congress escalates its impeachment probe into the Ukraine scandal engulfing his presidency, President Donald Trump faces the White House press corps Wednesday on an investigation he has branded a "coup." It is "intended to take away the Power of the People, their VOTE, their Freedoms," Trump said. He has suggested that the lead congressional investigator overseeing the impeachment inquiry, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, should be arrested for "treason." The State Department was due to brief congressional committees Wednesday on what it said were documents "related to the State Department and Ukraine." Earlier, Pompeo meanwhile accused Democrats of trying to "intimidate" and "bully" State Department employees.

Source: Bangkok Post October 02, 2019 14:26 UTC