Trump denounces impeachment inquiry as 'witch hunt garbage'

Democrat Pelosi announces first step that could see president removed from office

Last updated: September 25, 2019 | 01:52

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US President Donald Trump at UN Headquarters in New York and US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, in Washington, DC.

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New York: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday denounced the launch of an impeachment inquiry into him as “Witch Hunt garbage.”

“Such an important day at the United Nations, so much work and so much success, and the Democrats purposely had to ruin and demean it with more breaking news Witch Hunt garbage,” Trump tweeted.

Just moments earlier, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the US House of Representatives would launch the inquiry, the first step in a complex process that could ultimately lead to the president’s removal from office.

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