An opposition MP, Eran Wickramaratne, said the impeachment bid was evidence that the country was increasingly becoming a "constitutional dictatorship".

BBC: Shirani Bandaranayake: Protest over bid to impeach judge

Use of a federal grand jury to compile evidence for possible impeachment proceedings in Congress raises numerous troubling questions regarding the credibility of that evidence.

CNN: In defense of Clinton

That is why Sharp, among others, doubts the congressional Republicans would want a full-fledged impeachment proceeding on the evidence at hand.

CNN: By Ronald D. Elving, CQ Staff Writer