The House impeached President Donald Trump for inciting an “insurrection” in last week’s attack on the Capitol, a stinging rebuke of the nation’s 45th president as he prepares to depart the White House after four tumultuous years.
Ten Republicans broke from their party – and their president – to join Democrats in approving the single article of impeachment. Trump will leave power as the first president in the nation’s 245-year history to be impeached twice.
The vote to impeach Trump was 232 to 197.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will decide when to transmit the article to the Senate, which must either dismiss the charge or hold a trial. At least 67 of the 100 senators are needed for conviction which would require Trump’s removal from office.
With the backing of Texas Democrats, the U.S. House called on Vice President Mike Pence to remove President Donald Trump from office Tuesday, even though the vice president said he
Why are prisons more secure than the United States Capitol?
Chandra Bozelko
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I lived for more than six years in a high-security environment. I saw what that takes to minimize violence and risk. People can’t be allowed to carry items with them; they could include contraband and weapons. Barriers must be immobile to work. Too many people in one area is dangerous. But none of these traditional high-security procedures operate in the U.S. Capitol, as the entire world witnessed on Jan. 6.
My biggest takeaway from the electoral vote count riot was this: It’s really easy, too easy, to crack the Capitol. Prisons are safer than that building.
The man seen storming the U.S. Capitol wearing a bull hat with horns was previously booted from the U.S. Navy for refusing to adhere to vaccine requirements.According to Military.com, Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley, the 33-year-old Arizona resident arrested and charged for his involvement in the fede.