唐纳德·特朗普总统继续拒绝配合弹劾调查，尽管在白宫和共和党的批评下，众议院投票通过了一项决议，使弹劾程序正式化。
到目前为止白宫拒绝遵守众议院委员会发出的传票和文件要求属于弹劾调查的范畴，并要求政府内外的其他人也这样做。不管怎样，许多人都在合作。
即使在周四众议院投票后，特朗普坚持自己的立场，告诉华盛顿审查员他不打算参与弹劾调查，也不尊重其中的任何要求:“你为其他总统树立了一个可怕的先例。”
白宫和共和党议员一直专注于抨击众议院民主党人进行弹劾调查的过程，指责他们否认特朗普的权利，推翻先例。宪法学者说这种说法是毫无根据的。
对特朗普的弹劾集中在他对乌克兰的行为上。他被怀疑拒绝向乌克兰提供军事援助，以迫使该国对民主党和前副总统乔拜登展开可疑的腐败调查。
这些调查可能会在下次选举中损害该党和2020年民主党提名的主要候选人拜登。官员对调查的一些证词证实了这些指控。但特朗普否认有任何不当行为。
他为自己7月25日与乌克兰总统沃洛季米尔·泽兰斯基的通话进行了辩护，白宫发布了一份经过编辑的通话摘要，特朗普将其描述为一份抄本。
编辑后的摘要显示，在那次通话中，特朗普请求泽兰斯基“帮忙”，并展开调查。特朗普告诉记者审查员这是个“好主意”
“到了某个时候，我会坐下来，也许作为现场电视上的炉边聊天，我会阅读通话记录，因为人们必须听到它。当你读到它时，这是一个直截了当的决定，”特朗普告诉该出版物。
但是这个电话只是弹劾调查中的一个证据。据称，关于拒绝向乌克兰提供军事援助的讨论，以及白宫可能为泽兰斯基举行的会议，都发生在其他地方。
众议院议长南希·佩洛西告诉记者大西洋本周她相信现在有足够的证据推进弹劾。
“我们已经受够了很长时间了...但是只要有确凿的证据，我们还不如多找一些。然后我们会看到，”加州民主党人说，并补充道:“当我们决定是否前进时，我们会做好准备，我们会铁定。”
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)2019年10月30日在华盛顿特区白宫东厅，特朗普因对乌克兰的行为面临众议院弹劾。
DONALD TRUMP HOLDS FIRM ON IMPEACHMENT—COMPLYING WITH SUBPOENAS SETS 'TERRIBLE PRECEDENT FOR OTHER PRESIDENTS'
President Donald Trump is continuing his refusal to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry, despite the House vote on a resolution that formalized the process following criticism from the White House and Republican Party.
So far, the White House has refused to comply with subpoenas and document requests from the House committees that fall under the umbrella of an impeachment inquiry and requested that others both inside and outside the administration do the same. Many are cooperating anyway.
Even after the House vote on Thursday, Trump is holding firm on his position, telling the Washington Examiner that he does not intend to work with the impeachment inquiry or honor any of its requests: "You are setting a terrible precedent for other presidents."
The White House and Republican lawmakers have focused on attacking the process by which House Democrats are conducting the impeachment inquiry, accusing them of denying Trump his rights and upending precedent. Constitutional scholars have said such claims are baseless.
The impeachment of Trump centers on his conduct towards Ukraine. He is suspected of withholding military aid from Ukraine to pressure the country into opening dubious corruption investigations into the Democratic Party and former Vice President Joe Biden.
Those investigations would have potentially damaged both the party and Biden, a leading candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination, at the next election. Some testimony by officials to the inquiry has corroborated the allegations. But Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
He has defended his July 25 call with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the White House has released an edited summary of that call, which Trump characterizes as a transcript.
During that call, Trump asked Zelenskiy for a "favor" and to open the investigations, the edited summary shows. Trump told the Examiner that it was a "good call."
"At some point, I'm going to sit down, perhaps as a fireside chat on live television, and I will read the transcript of the call, because people have to hear it. When you read it, it's a straight call," Trump told the publication.
But the call is only one piece of evidence in the impeachment inquiry. Discussions about withholding military aid from Ukraine, and also dangling a potential White House meeting for Zelenskiy, allegedly took place elsewhere.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told The Atlantic this week that she believes there is now enough evidence to move forward with impeachment.
"We've had enough for a very long time...but as long as there is corroboration, we might as well get some more. And then we'll see," the California Democrat said, adding: "When we decide if we are going to go forward, we will be ready, and we will be ironclad."
U.S. President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House October 30, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Trump is facing impeachment by the House for his conduct towards Ukraine.
