On Monday, US Democrats began their work to force US President Donald Trump from office by introducing an article of impeachment that accuses him of inciting insurrection in connection with the violent attack on the Capitol last week.
The violence came after Trump urged supporters to march on the Capitol at a rally where he repeated false claims that his resounding defeat in the US PResidential election was illegitimate. Many House Democrats and a handful of Republicans say Trump should not be trusted to serve out his term, which ends on January 20.
As per the House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives could vote on the impeachment as early as Wednesday. This would make Donald Trump the third US president to be impeached by the House of Representatives, after Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998.
The lawmakers who drafted the impeachment charge say they have locked in the support of at least 214 Democrats, indicating strong odds of passage. Biden has so far not weighed in on impeachment, saying it is a matter for Congress.
House Democrats had already impeached Trump in December 2019, for pressuring Ukraine to investigate Biden, but the Republican-controlled Senate voted not to convict him. If the current impeachment would proceed, Trump, a Republican, the only US president ever to be impeached twice.
The violence came after Trump urged supporters to march on the Capitol at a rally where he repeated false claims that his resounding defeat in the US PResidential election was illegitimate. Many House Democrats and a handful of Republicans say Trump should not be trusted to serve out his term, which ends on January 20.
As per the House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives could vote on the impeachment as early as Wednesday. This would make Donald Trump the third US president to be impeached by the House of Representatives, after Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998.
The lawmakers who drafted the impeachment charge say they have locked in the support of at least 214 Democrats, indicating strong odds of passage. Biden has so far not weighed in on impeachment, saying it is a matter for Congress.
House Democrats had already impeached Trump in December 2019, for pressuring Ukraine to investigate Biden, but the Republican-controlled Senate voted not to convict him. If the current impeachment would proceed, Trump, a Republican, the only US president ever to be impeached twice.
