22/10/2019 17:05
Trump calls impeachment inquiry 'a lynching'
US President Donald Trump has called the congressional impeachment investigation that may seek to remove him from office "a lynching".
In a tweet Mr Trump condemned the inquiry as "without due process or fairness or any legal rights".
Democrats may seek to impeach the Republican president by Christmas.
A racially loaded term in the US, lynching refers to historic extrajudicial executions by white mobs against mainly African Americans.
So some day, if a Democrat becomes President and the Republicans win the House, even by a tiny margin, they can impeach the President, without due process or fairness or any legal rights. All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here - a lynching. But we will WIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 22, 2019