Donald Trump’s White House says the drive to impeach him for asking Ukraine’s president to investigate a political rival is a “sham,” and the desire to oust him is limited to “a very small group of Washington politicians” who want to override the will of 2016 electorate.

“This is an echo chamber impeachment,” Trump’s senior advisor for strategy Tony Sayegh told reporters on Thursday, arguing that Democrats in Washington know they won’t be able to defeat Trump “on the merits” in 2020, so they’re focused on removing him and undermining his legitimacy.

Shortly after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Thursday announcement that her committee chairmen will draft articles of impeachment against Trump, a pair of White House officials charged with countering the ouster presented their case to a group

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