The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump on a single article of incitement of insurrection, making him the firs
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(CNN) Donald Trump s unique second impeachment sealed history s verdict on a corrupt and disgraced presidency. But the political endgame of this tragic saga is only now beginning and will decide the extent of America s recovery from his malevolent term.
The soon-to-be ex-President s Senate impeachment trial will mean his toxic presence will pollute the opening of Joe Biden s presidency. It will also seriously complicate his successor s quest to leverage the apex of his power in his early days in office to get a grip on a murderous panic that s never been worse.
Trump s disastrous final days in office have brought the Republican Party to an existential moment. How GOP senators decide to deal with the strongman who bullied and manipulated them for five years will show whether their out-of-control party can revive its conservative soul or is destined to race into a conspiratorial, anti-democratic dead end.
Trump has been impeached. What happens now?
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Donald Trump made history on Wednesday as he became the only United States president to be impeached twice.
The US House of Representatives impeached Trump for “incitement of insurrection” after a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6 as Congress met to certify President-elect
Boebert scrutiny intensifies as House impeaches Trump historic second time
Lauren Boebert poses with members of American Patriots III% and Bikers For Trump in 2019.
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Silt Republican whose district includes most of Eagle County, delivered a fiery and sometimes head-scratching speech on the House floor Wednesday as the U.S. House of Representatives voted 232-197 to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting a riot with false claims of a stolen election during certification of Electoral College votes on Jan. 6.
Five people died, including a Capitol Police officer, as hundreds of insurrectionists – some with ties to domestic terrorism groups – stormed the Capitol and sent members of Congress scrambling for safety. Ten Republicans joined with all 222 House Democrats to impeach Trump, who encouraged rioters to march on the Capitol and “fight like hell.”