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Support grows for impeachment inquiry in new polls

Senior Fellow Chris Lu is interviewed on MSNBC.

Chris Lu

Trump's Ukraine call and Nixon's Watergate increasingly drawing parallels as scandal erupts

Trump's efforts to lean on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is reminiscent of the way Nixon created a team of secret investigators, known as "the plumbers," to find incriminating or embarrassing evidence about his enemies, said Ken Hughes, a leading Watergate authority and research specialist at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs.

Ken Hughes

What's in Trump's Super Classified Server and Why Is He Hiding Things There

Chris Lu, who managed President Obama's first cabinet, told Motherboard that the "potential White House coverup" and the attempt to coerce Ukraine into investigating Biden is "already the biggest scandal of the Trump administration, and that's saying a lot."

Chris Lu

Pence seeks to dodge impeachment spotlight as his Ukrainian moves attract notice

Russell Riley, a presidential historian at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, said Pence’s cautious approach was reminiscent of vice president Al Gore during Bill Clinton’s impeachment in 1998. “There is a conundrum with being the vice president of the United States in a controversial administration, because everybody knows that you are the heir apparent in case something happens,” he said. “You have to be exceedingly guarded.”

Russell Riley

The Presidency

Primary history is on Trump's side

No president in the 20th or 21st centuries has been denied nomination by his party—which is a good sign for President Trump.

The Hill

We Could All Use A Refresher On Impeachment’s History

Impeachment, impeachment, impeachment. It’s a word being tossed around a lot today as Speaker Nancy Pelosi officially announced the House is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

Barbara Perry