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Will Trump really be impeached?

Asia News Network writers mull over the possible impeachment of US President Donald Trump. Here are excerpts.

Evidence that US President Donald Trump appeared to be pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Hunter Biden, the son of former US vice-president Joe Biden, caused the dam in favour of impeachment to burst. PHOTO: NYTIMES
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Robert J. Fouser The Korea Herald, South Korea

The Korean expression "what was bound to come has arrived" best describes the current political situation in the US. It was only a matter of time before the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives moved to impeach President Donald Trump.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on October 13, 2019, with the headline Will Trump really be impeached? . Subscribe