U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks to her office, as Democrats debate one article of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)
Donald Trump impeachment LIVE updates: Days after an angry mob of his supporters stormed Capitol Hill and clashed with police, US President Donald Trump is on the verge of getting impeached for a historic second time. On Wednesday, lawmakers began what is expected to be a daylong debate on an article of impeachment that accuses the president of “inciting an insurrection” that led to the rampage by his supporters, reported the New York Times.
Trump has issued a statement urging for there to be “no violence, no lawbreaking and no vandalism of any kind”.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi started the House debate over the article of impeachment against the outgoing President. “We know that the President of the United States incited this insurrection, this armed rebellion against our common country. He must go, he is a clear & present danger to the nation that we all love,” she said.
Trump’s fiery speech at a rally just before the Jan. 6 riot is at the center of the impeachment charge against him. A woman was fatally shot in the violence that ensued as pro-Trump protestors breached barricades and advanced into the halls of the Capitol building, smashing windows and brawled with police officers in what is widely being considered one of the worst security breaches in US history.
The House had approved a resolution late Tuesday calling on Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to declare the president unable to serve, which Pence opposed, leaving lawmakers with impeachment as their only option to remove Trump from office before Jan. 20, when President-elect Joe Biden is set to be sworn in as president. At least four Republicans, including a member of the House leadership have said they would vote to impeach Trump for urging supporters to march on the Capitol.
(Inputs from agencies: AP, Reuters)
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US President Donald Trump’s relentless efforts to reverse the results of the 2020 election took a dangerous turn on Jan 6, when an armed and angry mob of his supporters stormed Capitol Hill and clashed with police just as Congress convened to validate Joe Biden’s presidential win.
The pandemonium appears to have deepened the divide within the Republican Party, with several leaders pointing a finger at Trump for inciting violence by urging his supporters to reject the results of the presidential election.
Top American lawmakers have now sought to hold Trump, the outgoing president, accountable for storming of the Capitol Hill by his supporters.
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