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House Democrats plan Trump business probes if they win majority

House Democrats plan Trump business probes if they win majority
US House Democrats plan Trump probes if they regain majority, impeachment not first move · firstpost.com

The United States has a group of lawmakers called the House of Representatives.

Some of those lawmakers, called Democrats, want to win more seats in November.

If they win, they want to ask lots of questions about President Donald Trump's businesses and money.

They can use special tools called hearings, subpoenas and document requests.

A subpoena is an official order that makes people give papers or answer questions.

The Democrats say they want to collect evidence first before doing anything big.

Something very big would be impeachment, which means trying to remove the president from office.

They learned from the past that doing impeachment too quickly can cause problems.

They say they will only try it if they find very serious proof.

No company mentioned in their plans has been accused of doing anything wrong.

Key facts

Key Democratic figures
Hakeem Jeffries, Robert Garcia, Jamie Raskin
Core strategy
Hearings, subpoenas and document requests before any impeachment move
Current House control
Republicans hold a narrow majority
Next election
November elections
Companies mentioned in talks
Apple, Alphabet, Palantir, Blackstone, BlackRock, Tesla
Trump Jr. venture firm
1789 Capital
Alphabet settlement with Trump
$24.5 million
First-term precedent
Trump impeached twice; Senate acquitted both times

Quotes

Senior Democratic aide

A Democratic House committee staffer involved in the strategy planning

“If investigations uncover evidence that we believe meets the threshold, we will not hesitate to move forward.”
firstpost.com

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