The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday impeached outgoing President Donald Trump for his role in inciting the violence at...
The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday impeached outgoing President Donald Trump for his role in inciting the violence at the Capitol in Washington DC on January 7, CNN reported. He is the first US President to be impeached twice.
The House voted 232 to 197 to impeach Trump for the “incitement of insurrection”. Ten Republicans also joined the Democrats to vote for the impeachment.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, however, said that Trump’s impeachment trial won’t happen before his four-year term ends and Democratic President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on January 20. If the Senate convicts Trump, the lawmakers might conduct another vote to stop him from running for office ever, according to BBC.
Republican Representative Liz Cheney said that Trump “summoned this mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack”, according to CNN. “There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, on the other hand, called for the creation of a bipartisan commission instead of impeachment. ”I believe impeaching the President in such a short timeframe would be a mistake,” he said. “No investigations have been completed. No hearings have been held.”
He, however, held Trump...
