The president's Senate trial is unlikely to fully explore the emerging evidence, argued Renato Mariotti, so the House should keep its Ukraine investigation going.
, and has released new documentary evidence to support his claims—though his credibility is in question.
"But a subsequent House investigation could fight in court to obtain that evidence, establishing important legal precedents and ensuring that misconduct is not hidden from public view...As those new leads come to light, the House should be poised to follow them until the full truth is known." According to the case against Trump, the president conditioned the release of $391 million in military aid and a White House visit for Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Kyiv announcing an unfounded corruption investigation into former vice president Joe Biden.
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