Will Trump be impeached?

There’s a case for it, but the Democrats are wary. Matthew Partridge reports.

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Pelosi has tamped down talk of impeachment
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Last week, a redacted version of the Mueller report was released and US attorney-general William Barr's conclusion that the investigation "did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or co-ordinated with the Russian government" has not changed, says The Times. It is, however, also "careful not to rule out wrongdoing in Trump's response to the investigation itself" and "lists 11 episodes of possible obstruction by the president".

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Dr Matthew Partridge
Shares editor, MoneyWeek

Matthew graduated from the University of Durham in 2004; he then gained an MSc, followed by a PhD at the London School of Economics.

He has previously written for a wide range of publications, including the Guardian and the Economist, and also helped to run a newsletter on terrorism. He has spent time at Lehman Brothers, Citigroup and the consultancy Lombard Street Research.

Matthew is the author of Superinvestors: Lessons from the greatest investors in history, published by Harriman House, which has been translated into several languages. His second book, Investing Explained: The Accessible Guide to Building an Investment Portfolio, is published by Kogan Page.

As senior writer, he writes the shares and politics & economics pages, as well as weekly Blowing It and Great Frauds in History columns He also writes a fortnightly reviews page and trading tips, as well as regular cover stories and multi-page investment focus features.

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