impeachment proceedings begin over trump’s pressuring of ukraine

Last week, details leaked about a phone conversation US President Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in July. This week, a rough transcript was released that shows Trump had urged Zelenskiy to investigate former VP Joe Biden for corruption, apparently over a Ukrainian company Biden’s son had ties to. The call happened while the Trump admin was withholding aid to Ukraine, causing some alarm over whether this combination of pressures was violating the law. Trump has said he was only withholding aid because he wanted Europe and others to…