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| Nancy Pelosi teases statement on impeachment inquiry – live news | Nancy Pelosi teases statement on impeachment inquiry – live news |
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| An announcement is expected from law enforcement this morning at 11.30AM in New York City concerning the career of officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was the primary officer named among a group of cops who were involved when Eric Garner died in 2014, calling out “I can’t breath” at intervals as he was choked and taken to the ground. | |
| The death, as Garner was being apprehended for selling loose cigarettes on the street, sparked huge protests in New York at the time, and recently, when it was announced that federal prosecutors would not bring charges against Pantaleo, as a result of a decision by Donald Trump’s attorney general, Bill Barr. | |
| This morning, two of Garner’s children and civil rights leader Al Sharpton will make statements after they await the verdict from New York Police Department deputy commissioner of trials Rosemarie Maldonado on the career fate of Pantaleo. | |
| The Democratic Party presidential primary debate on Wednesday night, in Detroit, was interrupted by protesters shouting for Pantaleo to be fired, the Guardian’s Oliver Laughland wrote at the time. | |
| Their ire interrupted Cory Booker’s opening address, ironically, but it was directed at New York city mayor and 2020 presidential small-to-no-hoper Bill de Blasio. | |
| Julian Castro was the first candidate to bring the case up arguing “that police officer should be off the streets”. | |
| Then Kirsten Gillibrand said emphatically, to a large cheer from the crowd, of Pantaleo: “He should be fired. He should be fired right now.” | |
| After the NYPD oversight branch announces its verdict today, Pantaleo has two weeks to respond. Police commissioner James O’Neill has the final say. | |
| “Only matter of time” before House ignites impeachment | “Only matter of time” before House ignites impeachment |
| New York congressman Eliot Engel believes it’s only a matter of time before the House of Representatives launches a formal impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump. | New York congressman Eliot Engel believes it’s only a matter of time before the House of Representatives launches a formal impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump. |
| Engel chairs the powerful House foreign affairs committee and came out in favor of impeachment earlier this week, along with a flood of other House Democrats, such as moderate freshman Jennifer Wexman, who flipped a vital seat in Virginia at the midterm elections last November. | Engel chairs the powerful House foreign affairs committee and came out in favor of impeachment earlier this week, along with a flood of other House Democrats, such as moderate freshman Jennifer Wexman, who flipped a vital seat in Virginia at the midterm elections last November. |
| Engel said that he doesn’t see Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s reluctance to move forward with removal proceedings as insurmountable. | Engel said that he doesn’t see Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s reluctance to move forward with removal proceedings as insurmountable. |
| “That’ll change,” Engel said during an interview with the New York Daily News. “I think more and more members are going to decide that the role of Congress right now, the proper role, is impeachment.” | “That’ll change,” Engel said during an interview with the New York Daily News. “I think more and more members are going to decide that the role of Congress right now, the proper role, is impeachment.” |
| Pelosi’s consent is ultimately mandatory for the House to initiate a formal impeachment inquiry. | Pelosi’s consent is ultimately mandatory for the House to initiate a formal impeachment inquiry. |
| The plethora of incidences of serious presidential wrongdoing brought out by special counsel Robert Mueller’s report of his Trump-Russia investigation, backed up by his testimony on Capitol Hill last month, would be the first line of attack. | The plethora of incidences of serious presidential wrongdoing brought out by special counsel Robert Mueller’s report of his Trump-Russia investigation, backed up by his testimony on Capitol Hill last month, would be the first line of attack. |
| The president’s repeated displays of naked racism, and a giant, and building, stack of allegations of sexual impropriety against Trump will put gasoline on any impeachment fire regardless of which party you vote for and what you think of Trump’s policies on trade, the environment and human rights. | The president’s repeated displays of naked racism, and a giant, and building, stack of allegations of sexual impropriety against Trump will put gasoline on any impeachment fire regardless of which party you vote for and what you think of Trump’s policies on trade, the environment and human rights. |
| Trump and China up ante in trade war while US jobs figures released | Trump and China up ante in trade war while US jobs figures released |
| For all the developments on these two vital topics this morning, as well as their effect on the markets, I’d like to direct you to our business live blog helmed from the Guardian’s worldwide HQ in London. | For all the developments on these two vital topics this morning, as well as their effect on the markets, I’d like to direct you to our business live blog helmed from the Guardian’s worldwide HQ in London. |
| Trump rattles markets as US economy adds 164,000 jobs in July – business live | Trump rattles markets as US economy adds 164,000 jobs in July – business live |
| Opening of the US markets nervously awaited. | Opening of the US markets nervously awaited. |
| Good morning, another busy day in store in US politics so plug into our live blog for all the action. | Good morning, another busy day in store in US politics so plug into our live blog for all the action. |
| Close observers of Nancy Pelosi and the big impeachment debate are blue in the face this morning waiting to see if/when the speaker of the House is going to make a statement with her latest view on launching an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump. She told reporters on Capitol Hill yesterday to expect a statement the same day. It never came. | Close observers of Nancy Pelosi and the big impeachment debate are blue in the face this morning waiting to see if/when the speaker of the House is going to make a statement with her latest view on launching an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump. She told reporters on Capitol Hill yesterday to expect a statement the same day. It never came. |
| Right now, an important hearing kicks off in court in Massachusetts, where state attorney general Maura Healey is suing OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma, senior executives and the members of the Sackler family that own the prescription painkiller company. Healey blames them for precipitating the US opioids crisis and today a judge will hear the defendants’ motions to dismiss the groundbreaking case. The crisis came up in the Democratic debates this week. | Right now, an important hearing kicks off in court in Massachusetts, where state attorney general Maura Healey is suing OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma, senior executives and the members of the Sackler family that own the prescription painkiller company. Healey blames them for precipitating the US opioids crisis and today a judge will hear the defendants’ motions to dismiss the groundbreaking case. The crisis came up in the Democratic debates this week. |
| The death of Eric Garner five years ago at the hands of the New York police department was also invoked at the debate this week. We have sharp eyes out for city mayor and 2020 candidate Bill de Blasio today when the fate of the officer who put Garner in a fatal and proscribed chokehold, Daniel Pantaleo, could be announced. The Department of Justice last month declined to bring charges against him. | The death of Eric Garner five years ago at the hands of the New York police department was also invoked at the debate this week. We have sharp eyes out for city mayor and 2020 candidate Bill de Blasio today when the fate of the officer who put Garner in a fatal and proscribed chokehold, Daniel Pantaleo, could be announced. The Department of Justice last month declined to bring charges against him. |