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Calls for Trump's impeachment grow in the House

WASHINGTON - Numerous House Democrats on Tuesday demanded immediate impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump amid White House resistance to their investigations, a marked increase in support for launching an effort to remove the president from office.

The calls came in response to former White House counsel Donald McGahn's refusal to attend a congressional hearing, despite a House subpoena. The snub served as a final straw for several Democrats who were already leaning toward starting an impeachment inquiry.

There are still many Democrats - chief among them Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. - who

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