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Virginia Reps. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, and Elaine Luria, D-2nd, on Monday called on Congress to investigate President Donald Trump over what they call “unprecedented allegations” related to a phone call between Trump and the president of Ukraine during which Trump allegedly urged the Ukrainian to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden.

In a column published late Monday by The Washington Post, Spanberger and Luria joined five other freshman Democrats in saying that if the allegations against Trump are true, it would “represent an impeachable offense.”

“The president of the United States may have used his position to pressure a foreign country into investigating a political opponent, and he sought to use U.S. taxpayer dollars as leverage to do it,” the column says. “He allegedly sought to use the very security assistance dollars appropriated by Congress to create stability in the world, to help root out corruption and to protect our national security interests, for his own personal gain. These allegations are stunning, both in the national security threat they pose and the potential corruption they represent.”

The congressional Democrats continue: