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Trump faces growing impeachment threat

The Five Thirty Eight website, collating several polls, found that as of Oct 4, 2019, 46.5 per cent of the American public supported impeaching US President Donald Trump, while 44.8 per cent did not. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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WASHINGTON - The winds of impeachment have strengthened and turned against United States President Donald Trump, with a series of events including his own words making the case for impeachment less ambiguous than a week ago.

Democratic Party leader and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's instincts on impeachment are "looking very solid so far", statistician and writer Nate Silver tweeted on Friday (Oct 4).

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