Source: Brian Murphy, NEWS & OBSERVER, 5/30/19


Rep. G.K. Butterfield became the first of North Carolina’s three Democratic House members to call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump on Thursday. “The evidence that has been produced so far is sufficient in my opinion to support an impeachment inquiry and impeachment and removal,” Butterfield told McClatchy in a phone interview on Thursday. “I am prepared to vote for an impeachment inquiry ... and I will vote for impeachment and removal.” Butterfield, a former North Carolina Supreme Court justice, represents the 1st Congressional District, which includes Durham in its far-west end and stretches east along the Virginia border.

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