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The US House of Representatives has voted 232 to 197 to impeach US President Donald Trump, the first US president to be impeached twice, formally charging him with inciting an insurrection.

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It's A Record ! Trump Impeached For A Second Time
The US House of Representatives has voted 232 to 197 to impeach US President Donald Trump, the first US president to be impeached twice, formally charging him with inciting an insurrection.

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One week after a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, a majority of politicians in the Democratic-controlled chamber voted in favour of impeachment, calling the incident a deadly assault on American democracy.

But it appears unlikely Mr Trump will be removed from office before his term ends.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday (local time) blocked a quick Senate impeachment trial for Mr Trump, but did not rule out that he might eventually vote to convict him.

Speaking After the vote, Mr McConnell said there was "no chance" the Senate would be able to hold a "fair or serious" trial on the impeachment of Mr Trump before president-elect Joe Biden is sworn in next week.

He said a trial would last longer than the seven days Mr Trump has remaining in office, noting that three previous impeachments "have lasted 83 days, 37 days, and 21 days, respectively".

Mr McConnell said the nation was best served if "Congress and the executive branch spend the next seven days completely focused on facilitating a safe inauguration and an orderly transfer of power to the incoming Biden Administration".

Mr McConnell's move means the Senate trial is all but certain to be delayed until after Joe Biden's inauguration as president on January 20.

By contrast, today's proceedings moved at lightning speed, with the House voting just one week after violent pro-Trump loyalists stormed the US Capitol, urged on by the president's calls for them to "fight like hell" against the election results.

Prior to the vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invoked Abraham Lincoln and the Bible, imploring both Democrats and Republicans to uphold their oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign "and domestic".

"He must go, he is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love," she said of Mr Trump.

Ten Republicans vote for impeachment

Most Republicans in the House opposed the Democrats' resolution, but at least half a dozen had stated their intention before the vote to break ranks to support it.

Ten Republicans ended up voting in favour impeachment.

Third-ranking House Republican Liz Cheney — daughter of former Republican vice-president Dick Cheney — led the GOP opposition to Mr Trump, saying in a statement: "There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution."

Ms Cheney, whose father served two terms under president George W Bush, said Mr Trump "summoned" the mob that attacked the Capitol, "assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack".

"Everything that followed was his doing," she said.

Anthony Gonzalez, an Ohio Republican, posted a statement on Twitter that said he had spent the past few days "trying to make sense" of the events that unfolded on the Capitol.

"When I consider the full scope of events leading up to January 6th including the President's lack of response as the United States Capitol was under attack, I am compelled to support impeachment," he wrote.

Holed up at the White House, watching the proceedings on TV, Mr Trump took no responsibility for the bloody riot seen around the world, but issued a statement urging "NO violence, NO lawbreaking and NO vandalism of any kind" should be allowed to disrupt Mr Biden's ascension.

With the FBI warning of more violence, Mr Trump said: "That is not what I stand for, and it is not what America stands for. I call on ALL Americans to help ease tensions and calm tempers."

Donald Trump was last impeached in December 2019 on two articles — an abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — but was acquitted by the Senate voting along party lines.


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