Trump Still Favored Despite Impeachment Inquiry

US President Donald Trump was still an even-odds favorite to be re-elected desipte House Democrats moving forward with an impeachment hearing on Tuesday.

The next best odds belonged to Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren at 3/1.

Joe Biden, the former Vice President, has seen his odds slip to 5/1.

Trump ordered his staff to freeze nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine a few days before a phone call in which he pressured the Eastern European nation’s leader to investigate the family of political rival Joe Biden, a revelation that comes as more Democrats move toward impeachment proceedings.

Trump, in remarks to reporters at the United Nations on Tuesday, said he held up the aid to fight corruption and urge European nations to share in helping out Ukraine.

"I'd withhold again," Trump said. "And I'll continue to withhold until such time as Europe and other nations contribute to Ukraine." He named Germany and France as among the countries that should "put up money."

The matter, which is now part of a whistleblower complaint, has sparked questions about whether the president improperly used his office to pressure a foreign country to help his own reelection prospects. Democrats are demanding more information about the whistleblower's allegations, and more than a dozen have for the first time raised the prospect of impeaching the president. They include a group of moderate House freshmen in competitive districts.

- Gilbert Horowitz, Gambling911.com