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2 verified reports published on December 6, 2019.
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By this point, the pattern was the point: when Trump couldn’t dictate the story, he usually tried to bully it, and the result was more exposure, more uncertainty, and more evidence for his critics. The House was tightening the noose, the policy shop was projecting instability, and the whole operation kept turning short-term noise into long-term trouble.
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House investigators formally transmitted their impeachment report and supporting materials to the Judiciary Committee on December 6, giving the next phase of the inquiry a more locked-in factual record and making it harder for Trump to dismiss the process as loose or improvised.
On December 6, Trump was still weighing whether to impose or delay the next round of China tariffs, a choice that had already become a self-made test of nerve for markets, businesses, and his own credibility.