Trump groundlessly claimed that the pharmaceutical industry is behind a conspiracy to impeach him

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• President Trump on Thursday claimed, without citing evidence, that pharmaceutical companies were behind a push by House Democrats to impeach him. 
• "I wouldn't be surprised if the hoax didn't come a little bit from some of the people that we're taking on," Trump said at an event in Florida Thursday where he was discussing drug pricing. 
• House Democrats have launched an impeachment inquiry after Trump put pressure on Ukraine's president to announce an investigation into Joe Biden, a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination. 
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President Donald Trump claimed without citing evidence that pharmaceuticals companies seeking to punish his administration for pushing to lower drug prices could secretly be behind an impeachment drive launched by House Democrats. 

"Lowering the cost of prescription drugs, taking on the pharmaceutical companies, you think that's easy, it's not easy. It's not easy.

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