Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday rejected a Democratic attempt to swiftly call the Senate into emergency session to hold an impeachment trial
Joe Biden s term will have to contend with the start of Trump s impeachment trial, after GOP leader Mitch McConnell decided not to use emergency powers to bring the chamber back sooner.
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Published date: 13 January 2021 21:47 UTC | Last update: 2 months 2 weeks ago
When Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib famously called for impeaching US President Donald Trump in an expletive-laden quip shortly after being sworn into Congress, no one expected that it would happen twice.
Still, on Wednesday, 13 months after Trump was impeached the first time, the US House of Representatives - Tlaib included - voted to impeach him for the second time over his role in inciting last week s riots at the Capitol, in which five people died, including a police officer.
The impeachment was decided in a 232 to 197 vote largely along party lines with 10 Republicans voting in favour. But much like the first time, the vote is not expected to lead to Trump s premature removal from office because of the Republican-led Senate.