WASHINGTON (AP) — A California Democrat has filed an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump in a longshot bid to remove the president from office.

Rep. Brad Sherman filed the article Wednesday. In it, he accuses Trump of obstructing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, in part by firing former FBI Director James Comey.

Sherman acknowledges that filing the article is “the first step on a very long road.”

He has one co-sponsor, fellow Democrat Al Green of Texas. Democratic leaders have distanced themselves from the effort, believing it energizes Trump’s base.

Sherman filed the article a day after the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., acknowledged that he met with a Russian lawyer during the campaign. The lawyer promised damaging information from the Russian government about Democrat Hillary Clinton.

© Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</s>Trump loyalists are working overtime to try to put out the spreading flames of new evidence that the Donald Trump for President campaign knowingly colluded with attacks against the United States by the Russian government during the 2016 presidential election. A few minutes ago, Donald Trump’s new lawyer appeared on CNN to insist that there is nothing remarkable to Donald Trump Jr.’s admission that he eagerly affirmed to Russian contacts that the Trump for President campaign would “love” to cooperate with the efforts of government of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to interfere with elections in the USA. The Trump family lawyer called the story a “Category Zero” hurricane, meaning that there’s nothing going on.

A more realistic assessment of the impact of the story comes with a glance at the front pages of newspapers in Republican-friendly small towns across America. For a long time, negative news about Donald Trump has failed to penetrate pro-Trump communities. That ideological segregation at long last appears to be breaking down.

For example, in Livingston, Montana, a town of just over 7,000 citizens so staunchly pro-Republican that the name of the local newspaper is The Enterprise, the front page national story of the day began with the following headline: Emails: Trump Jr. embraced help said to be from Kremlin.

Even Donald Trump isn’t going to claim that The Livingston Enterprise is a liberal fake news factory.

The bubble is burst. The entire nation is now paying attention to the astonishing pile of evidence that the President of the United States worked with a totalitarian foreign government to subvert democracy in the USA.</s>WASHINGTON (AP) — A California Democrat filed an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump Wednesday in a longshot bid to remove the president from office.

Rep. Brad Sherman accuses Trump of obstructing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, in part by firing former FBI Director James Comey.

Sherman acknowledges that filing the article is “the first step on a very long road.”

“But if the impulsive incompetency continues, then eventually — many, many months from now — Republicans will join the impeachment effort,” Sherman said in a statement.

The effort has little chance of success in the Republican-led House. Sherman doesn’t even have the backing of many fellow Democrats.

Democratic leaders have distanced themselves from the efforts to impeach Trump, believing it serves only to energize the president’s supporters. Sherman’s resolution has one co-sponsor, fellow Democrat Al Green of Texas.

Sherman filed the article a day after the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., acknowledged that he met with a Russian lawyer during the campaign. The lawyer promised damaging information from the Russian government about Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Trump Jr. said he received no information about Clinton at the meeting.

The president has questioned his own intelligence agencies and whether the Russians actually interfered in the election. However, federal authorities say they have definitive evidence that the Kremlin meddled in the U.S. presidential election.</s>Donald Trump is taking any support he can get right now.

On Tuesday, Donald Trump opened Twitter and tweeted a couple thoughts—nothing shocking—a little "Fake News" here, a little "TRAVEL BAN" there, and then he retweeted a random woman named Corryn.

When Trump isn't retweeting random teenagers, President Trump's retweets usually focus on fellow conservatives with the blue "verified" check mark next to their names. So you're forgiven for wondering just who this "Corryn" is and why her tweet just got entered into what might soon be considered official presidential record.

Corryn doesn't offer a lot of biographical information on her Twitter page, but she's got 27,000 followers and she tweets—a lot. She wants to make America Great Again, and she's a go-to example whenever a news site needs a conservative tweet to support a trending topic.

The Daily Caller, Decider, and People have all embedded her tweets in articles, for such varied topics as Trump's Easter plans, Mike Pence's extremism with women, and Bill Nye's "butt stuff."

As far as Someecards can tell, Corryn Mobley has written for a site called "The Conservative Savage," but she's not a TV personality, a conservative politician, or a particularly well-known voice.

But she's grinding out tweets and she's a #Make America Great Again supporter—and that makes her a woman after the president's own heart.

Here's a sampling of some of her tweets:

It's actually kind of cool.

If you love Donald Trump, and you worship him enough on the internet, you might one day get retweeted the President of the United States. Then you'll have your internet presence poured over by millions of Americans and people around the world wondering who the f*ck you are.

And isn't that just the purest version of the American Dream you've ever heard?</s>A California Democrat filed an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump Wednesday in a longshot bid to remove the president from office.

Rep. Brad Sherman accuses Trump of obstructing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, in part by firing former FBI Director James Comey.

Sherman acknowledges that filing the article is "the first step on a very long road."

"But if the impulsive incompetency continues, then eventually — many, many months from now — Republicans will join the impeachment effort ," Sherman said in a statement.

The effort has little chance of success in the Republican-led House. Sherman doesn't even have the backing of many fellow Democrats.

Democratic leaders have distanced themselves from the efforts to impeach Trump , believing it serves only to energize the president's supporters. Sherman's resolution has one co-sponsor, fellow Democrat Al Green of Texas.

Sherman filed the article a day after the president's son, Donald Trump Jr., acknowledged that he met with a Russian lawyer during the campaign. The lawyer promised damaging information from the Russian government about Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Trump Jr. said he received no information about Clinton at the meeting.

The president has questioned his own intelligence agencies and whether the Russians actually interfered in the election. However, federal authorities say they have definitive evidence that the Kremlin meddled in the U.S. presidential election.</s>WASHINGTON (AP) — A California Democrat filed an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump Wednesday in a longshot bid to remove the president from office.

Rep. Brad Sherman accuses Trump of obstructing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, in part by firing former FBI Director James Comey.

Sherman acknowledges that filing the article is “the first step on a very long road.”

“But if the impulsive incompetency continues, then eventually — many, many months from now — Republicans will join the impeachment effort,” Sherman said in a statement.

The effort has little chance of success in the Republican-led House. Sherman doesn’t even have the backing of many fellow Democrats.

Democratic leaders have distanced themselves from the efforts to impeach Trump, believing it serves only to energize the president’s supporters. Sherman’s resolution has one co-sponsor, fellow Democrat Al Green of Texas.

Sherman filed the article a day after the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., acknowledged that he met with a Russian lawyer during the campaign. The lawyer promised damaging information from the Russian government about Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Trump Jr. said he received no information about Clinton at the meeting.

The president has questioned his own intelligence agencies and whether the Russians actually interfered in the election. However, federal authorities say they have definitive evidence that the Kremlin meddled in the U.S. presidential election.</s>WASHINGTON — A California Democrat filed an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump Wednesday in a longshot bid to remove the president from office.

Rep. Brad Sherman accuses Trump of obstructing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, in part by firing former FBI Director James Comey.

Sherman acknowledges that filing the article is “the first step on a very long road.”

“But if the impulsive incompetency continues, then eventually — many, many months from now — Republicans will join the impeachment effort,” Sherman said in a statement.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Sherman’s resolution was “utterly and completely ridiculous” and “a political game at its worst.”

Sherman’s effort has little chance of success in the Republican-led House. Sherman doesn’t even have the backing of many fellow Democrats.

Democratic leaders have distanced themselves from the efforts to impeach Trump, believing it serves only to energize the president’s supporters. Sherman’s resolution has one co-sponsor, fellow Democrat Al Green of Texas.

Sherman filed the article a day after the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., acknowledged that he met with a Russian lawyer during the campaign. An intermediary for the lawyer promised damaging information from the Russian government about Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Trump Jr. said he received no information about Clinton at the meeting.

The president has questioned his own intelligence agencies and whether the Russians actually interfered in the election. However, federal authorities say they have definitive evidence that the Kremlin meddled in the U.S. presidential election.</s>WASHINGTON (AP) — A California Democrat filed an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump Wednesday in a longshot bid to remove the president from office.

Rep. Brad Sherman accuses Trump of obstructing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, in part by firing former FBI Director James Comey.

Sherman acknowledges that filing the article is “the first step on a very long road.”

“But if the impulsive incompetency continues, then eventually — many, many months from now — Republicans will join the impeachment effort,” Sherman said in a statement.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Sherman’s resolution was “utterly and completely ridiculous” and “a political game at its worst.”

Sherman’s effort has little chance of success in the Republican-led House. Sherman doesn’t even have the backing of many fellow Democrats.

Democratic leaders have distanced themselves from the efforts to impeach Trump, believing it serves only to energize the president’s supporters. Sherman’s resolution has one co-sponsor, fellow Democrat Al Green of Texas.

Sherman filed the article a day after the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., acknowledged that he met with a Russian lawyer during the campaign. An intermediary for the lawyer promised damaging information from the Russian government about Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Trump Jr. said he received no information about Clinton at the meeting.

The president has questioned his own intelligence agencies and whether the Russians actually interfered in the election. However, federal authorities say they have definitive evidence that the Kremlin meddled in the U.S. presidential election.

Associated Press writer Jill Colvin contributed to this report.</s>Donald Trump is taking any support he can get right now.

On Tuesday, Donald Trump opened Twitter and tweeted a couple thoughts—nothing shocking—a little "Fake News" here, a little "TRAVEL BAN" there, and then he retweeted a random woman named Corryn.

When Trump isn't retweeting random teenagers, President Trump's retweets usually focus on fellow conservatives with the blue "verified" check mark next to their names. So you're forgiven for wondering just who this "Corryn" is and why her tweet just got entered into what might soon be considered official presidential record.

Corryn doesn't offer a lot of biographical information on her Twitter page, but she's got 27,000 followers and she tweets—a lot. She wants to make America Great Again, and she's a go-to example whenever a news site needs a conservative tweet to support a trending topic.

The Daily Caller, Decider, and People have all embedded her tweets in articles, for such varied topics as Trump's Easter plans, Mike Pence's extremism with women, and Bill Nye's "butt stuff."

As far as Someecards can tell, Corryn Mobley has written for a site called "The Conservative Savage," but she's not a TV personality, a conservative politician, or a particularly well-known voice.

But she's grinding out tweets and she's a #Make America Great Again supporter—and that makes her a woman after the president's own heart.

Here's a sampling of some of her tweets:

It's actually kind of cool.

If you love Donald Trump, and you worship him enough on the internet, you might one day get retweeted the President of the United States. Then you'll have your internet presence poured over by millions of Americans and people around the world wondering who the f*ck you are.

And isn't that just the purest version of the American Dream you've ever heard?</s>WASHINGTON (AP) – A California Democrat has filed an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump in a longshot bid to remove the president from office.

Rep. Brad Sherman filed the article Wednesday. In it, he accuses Trump of obstructing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, in part by firing former FBI Director James Comey.

Sherman acknowledges that filing the article is “the first step on a very long road.”

He has one co-sponsor, fellow Democrat Al Green of Texas. Democratic leaders have distanced themselves from the effort, believing it energizes Trump’s base.

Sherman filed the article a day after the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., acknowledged that he met with a Russian lawyer during the campaign. The lawyer promised damaging information from the Russian government about Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Representative Brad Sherman files the first articles for the formal impeachment of Donald Trump in his position of President of the United States.