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President Donald Trump is on the verge of being impeached for a second time, the House planning the unprecedented vote one week after he encouraged a mob of loyalists to “fight like hell” against election results and the U.S. Capitol became the target of a deadly siege. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.
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.
One week before Donald Trump is to leave office, a total of 232 lawmakers, including 10 Republicans, vote to impeach the defiant Republican leader for high crimes and misdemeanors on a single charge of "incitement of insurrection."
One week before Donald Trump is to leave office, a total of 232 lawmakers, including 10 Republicans, vote to impeach the defiant Republican leader for high crimes and misdemeanors on a single charge of "incitement of insurrection." [COMPLETES VIDI8YP8MX_EN and VIDI8YP8K4_EN] IMAGES
The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Having been previously impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress related to the Ukraine scandal, he's the first president to be impeached twice. Trump was impeached for 'incitement of insurrection' over his role in triggering the violent siege of the US Capitol on January 6. Five people died in the riot. According to Business Insider, ten Republican lawmakers broke ranks to vote with their Democratic colleagues to impeach the president. The final vote was 232 in favor of impeachment and 197 against.
Eric Lisann, Legal Analyst and Former US Federal Prosecutor
Donald Trump has left the White House for the last time, complete with an extraordinary snub of Joe Biden, skipping his inauguration as the 46th president of the United States. Drawing a curtain on the most tumultuous administration of modern times, Trump is being ousted by a polar opposite with the Democrat Biden intent on charting a new course to tackle Covid-19 and unite a splintered nation.