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Chicago Mayor Poses With Barack Obama
On Same Day She Refused To Meet Donald Trump: 'Your Leadership Inspired Millions'
U. S. House Deliver First Trump Impeachment Vote
The Mayor of Chicago met with former President Barack Obama at a dinner on the same day she snubbed Donald Trump's first visit to the city.
Democrat Lori Lightfoot posted a picture of her and the 44th President of the United States at an Obama Foundation community din- ner last night, saying his lead- ership "inspired millions to fight for change—and contin- ues to do so today."
"Good to see you at tonight's @ObamaFounda- tion community dinner, and looking forward to collaborat- ing on creating new opportu- nities for the city that we love," she said.
Her tweet with the former commander-in-chief ap- peared to be a subtle jab at President Trump, who used a speech at the Interna- tional Association of Chiefs of Police conference earlier in
From left, Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.), House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.)
the day to criticise Chicago. The president's speech came after city authorities, including Lightfoot, refused to meet him and local pro- testers greeted his first ap- pearance in Chicago with signs calling for his impeach-
ment.
During Trump's speech to
the IACP, he came down hard
on Chicago, calling the Windy City "embarrassing.
The commander-in-chief also had choice words for Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson, who revealed he was also boycotting Trump's address in what he portrayed as a defence of "our city's core values."
MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT
WASHINGTON — U. S. lawmakers planned cast the first vote on Thursday in the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump as the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives takes up a measure that sets up the next steps in the fast- moving effort.
The vote will be the first formal test of support for the inquiry launched on Sept. 24. Democrats, who control 224 seats in the 435-seat cham-
ber, need a simple majority to approve the resolution.
The measure calls for pub- lic hearings and the release of transcripts from closed-door proceedings. It also outlines what rights Republican law- makers and Trump himself would have to participate as the process moves ahead.
Republicans have accused Democrats of trampling on Trump's rights and keeping the process too secret.
The U. S. Constitution gives the House broad au- thority to set the ground rules for an impeachment inquiry and Democrats say they are following House rules on in- vestigations. They have promised to hold public hear- ings on the case against Trump.
The impeachment inquiry focuses on a July 25 tele- phone call, in which Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy to in- vestigate his Democratic po- litical rival Joe Biden, a former U. S. vice president, and his son Hunter, who had served as a director for Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
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