(Arutz Sheva and combined sources) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the launching of formal impeachment proceedings against U.S. President Donald Trump.

“Our republic endures because of the wisdom of our Constitution enshrined in three coequal branches that act as checks and balances,” Pelosi said. “The president must be held accountable. No one is above the law.”

Trump wrote on Twitter in response: “…breaking news witch hunt garbage. So bad for our country!”

Sources in the Democratic Party reported earlier that Pelosi’s announcement would be made over allegations that President Trump threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine unless its government investigated actions by former U.S. vice president and 2020 presidential hopeful Joe Biden.