Breaking: The majority of the House has voted to impeach President Trump, making him just the third chief executive in U.S. history to be impeached. The Senate is expected to hold a trial in January on whether to convict and remove him from office.
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach President Trump for abuse of power, a condemnation that will permanently mar his legacy and one that only two other American presidents have faced in the nation’s history.
“Taken together, the two articles charge that President Trump placed his private, political interests above our national security, above our elections, and above our system of checks and balances,” House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler said on the floor.Despite the historic vote, Trump’s fate has been sealed for days, if not weeks, in the House. But that did not drain the emotional punch from the day’s long drama.
“Every one of us as our first act as a member of Congress stood on this historic House floor before our beautiful American flag and raised our hands in the sacred oath” to defend the Constitution, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , whose legacy as the first female House speaker will now also include impeachment.
“You can’t have the number one, number two and number three person in Ukraine ... say they weren’t pressured and there wasn’t a political motivation, and suggest that there’s a crime when the very victims of the crime says there wasn’t one,” said Rep. Mark Meadows . Despite the deeply partisan nature of the debate, many on Capitol Hill recognized the weight of the moment in history. Most regular business in the House, such as committee hearings, was rescheduled and lawmakers had little to do but wait and observe a day of speeches on the floor.
That would be in keeping with American history. The Senate did not convict President Andrew Johnson in 1868 or President Clinton in 1999 after their impeachments. Wednesday’s vote took place one day short of 21 years since Clinton was impeached for lying under oath and obstruction of justice.
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