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Trump impeachment vote: President accused of inciting attack on Capitol

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President Donald Trump is on the verge of being impeached for a second time in an unprecedented House vote Wednesday, a week after he encouraged a mob of loyalists to “fight like hell” against election results just before they stormed the US Capitol in a deadly siege. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.

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