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House plans for Trump impeachment vote by mid-afternoon.
The House convened Wednesday for what will be the speediest impeachment of a president in history, with a vote planned by mid-afternoon charging the president with inciting insurrection in last week’s attack on Congress.
The first action was to take up rules governing debate over impeachment. The actual impeachment debate won’t begin in earnest until later in the morning.
Democrats say they are certain of succeeding, which will make President Trump the first ever to have been impeached twice. The only drama in the day is how many Republicans join with Democrats to deliver a second Scarlet Letter to Mr. Trump.
Democrats have held no hearings and offered Mr. Trump no opportunity to defend himself, saying the facts are clear to them.
They have moved with staggering speed, revealing the resolution to impeach the president on Monday and holding the vote two days later. Yet the desire to oust him dates back to his first day in office in 2017.
Leading the impeachment effort is Rep. Jamie Raskin, Maryland Democrat and a constitutional law expert.
On Tuesday, he led the push to pass a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to trigger the 25th Amendment to sideline Mr. Trump for the actions last week, citing his speech to supporters, many of whom then proceeded to assault the Capitol...
washington times
House plans for Trump impeachment vote by mid-afternoon.
The House convened Wednesday for what will be the speediest impeachment of a president in history, with a vote planned by mid-afternoon charging the president with inciting insurrection in last week’s attack on Congress.
The first action was to take up rules governing debate over impeachment. The actual impeachment debate won’t begin in earnest until later in the morning.
Democrats say they are certain of succeeding, which will make President Trump the first ever to have been impeached twice. The only drama in the day is how many Republicans join with Democrats to deliver a second Scarlet Letter to Mr. Trump.
Democrats have held no hearings and offered Mr. Trump no opportunity to defend himself, saying the facts are clear to them.
They have moved with staggering speed, revealing the resolution to impeach the president on Monday and holding the vote two days later. Yet the desire to oust him dates back to his first day in office in 2017.
Leading the impeachment effort is Rep. Jamie Raskin, Maryland Democrat and a constitutional law expert.
On Tuesday, he led the push to pass a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to trigger the 25th Amendment to sideline Mr. Trump for the actions last week, citing his speech to supporters, many of whom then proceeded to assault the Capitol...
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