The president defended himself as the House Judiciary Committee considers abuse of power and obstruction of Congress charges.
ADVERTISEMENTPresident Donald Trump insisted on Thursday that he committed "no crime," speaking out hours before the House Judiciary Committee is set to vote on articles of impeachment alleging the president abused his power and obstructed Congress.
Trump spent his early morning hours posting his thoughts and retweeting dozens of supporters and allies.
"I did nothing wrong," he tweeted. "This will be the first Impeachment ever where there was no crime. They don't even allege a crime. Crazy!"
"No crime!" he later added.
Trump's posts came after the Judiciary Committee debated the articles Wednesday night for more than three hours, with Democrats arguing Trump must be held accountable for his efforts to have Ukraine investigate the Bidens, while Republican lawmakers said the only abuse of power was committed by congressional Democrats.
The Judiciary Committee is set to vote on the articles of impeachment later Thursday. If one or more passes the panel, they will go to the floor for a full vote of the House, likely next week.
On Tuesday, Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment against Trump, with Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., saying his committee would consider articles of impeachment on abuse of power and obstruction of Congress charging Trump "with committing high crimes and misdemeanors."
Nadler said those articles were in response to Trump allegedly soliciting foreign interference in the 2020 election, compromising national security, threatening the integrity of the upcoming election and concealing evidence from Congress and the American people.
The draft articles allege Trump "corruptly solicited the government of Ukraine to publicly announce investigations" into the Bidens and a conspiracy theory alleging Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election. Trump also "conditioned two official acts on the public announcements that he requested," Democrats wrote, citing nearly $400 million in military aid and an official White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.