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Los Angeles Times: We've seen enough. Trump should be impeached

The House of Representatives' inquiry into President Donald Trump's actions on Ukraine is not yet complete, but the evidence produced over the last two months is more than sufficient to persuade us that he should be impeached. Witness after witness testified that the president held up desperately needed, congressionally approved aid to Ukraine to extort a personal political favor for himself. In so doing, Trump flagrantly abused the power of his office.

The Los Angeles Times' editorial board was a reluctant convert to the impeachment cause. We worried that impeaching Trump on

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