The Latest: Pelosi tells Democrats she supports impeachment
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and a whistleblower complaint (all times local):
4:50 p.m.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made it official, telling fellow Democrats she supports a formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
Her remarks at a closed-door meeting was described by two people familiar with the remarks who were not authorized to discuss them publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Pelosi is set to make a formal announcement at 5 p.m.
A third person familiar with Pelosi's remarks but unauthorized to speak publicly says she told Democrats they have reached "a moment of truth" with the president.
She called reports indicating that Trump pressured Ukraine's leader to investigate Joe Biden's family "a betrayal of our national security" and a "betrayal of our election."
Trump insists he did nothing wrong when it comes to Ukraine and announced he'll release a transcript of a phone call with the Ukrainian president.
--Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick
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4:40 p.m.
The GOP-controlled Senate has approved a nonbinding but symbolically important resolution calling on the Trump administration to immediately provide the House and Senate intelligence committees a copy of a whistleblower complaint involving President Donald Trump.
The measure put forward by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer passed by voice vote after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed the idea and noted that the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Intelligence Committee was working behind the scenes to obtain the complaint.
Trump is alleged to have pressured the government of Ukraine to look into former Vice President Joe Biden, one of the front-runners for the Democratic nomination.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday that the House would vote on a...