Trump says Pelosi delaying vote on new trade pact to get impeachment support

[November 20, 2019]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi of delaying a vote to approve the USMCA trade pact between the United States, Canada and Mexico in order to secure support for her impeachment inquiry.

President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Pelosi has tasked Democratic leaders in the House with probing whether Trump's request that Ukraine investigate a political rival rises to the level of an impeachable offense. Since the inquiry began hostility has built between her and Trump, a Republican, with Pelosi leaving an Oval Office meeting last month saying Trump had insulted her.

(Reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by Lisa Lambert; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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