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President Donald Trump has been impeached for a historic second time after the House of Representatives garnered enough votes to impeach him.
A total of 10 Republicans voted against their party and Donald Trump, and the final result was 232 votes in favor and 197 against.
He is the first president of the United States to be accused twice, having previously been indicted for his calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump has been accused of inciting an insurrection following the deadly riots in the United States Capitol on January 6.
The 10 Republicans who voted for impeachment were: Anthony Gonzalez from Ohio, Peter Meijer from Michigan, Fred Upton from Michigan, Liz Cheney from Wyoming, John Katko from New York, Adam Kinzinger Illinois, Tom Rice from South Carolina, Jamie Herrera Beutler from Washington, Dan Newhouse from Washington and David Valadao from California.
Mr trump gave a speech before the riots of his supporters, who came to storm the headquarters of Congress.
The Senate will now hold a trial to establish whether Mr trump he is guilty and if he must be removed from office, this will require a two-thirds majority.
They can also vote to ban Trump from running for office ever again, requiring only a simple majority (50% + 1).
This is unlikely to happen before the president-elect Joe biden takes office on January 20.
But there is a possibility that the proceedings against the 45th commander-in-chief will continue as the Democrats take control of the Senate.
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Trump ‘a clear and present danger’ – Pelosi
Since the riots, the president has been banned from most social media. including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube – and there has been little communication from the White House.
But he issued a Twitter-style statement through the White House press secretary ahead of the impeachment debate, saying: “In light of the reports of more demonstrations, I urge that there must be NO violence, NO transgression of the law and NO vandalism of any kind.
“That is what I stand for now, and it is not what the United States stands for. I appeal to ALL Americans to help ease tensions and defuse spirits. Thank you.”
Speaking on Tuesday Trump said, “If you read my speech [from before the riots], and many people have done it and I have seen it both in the newspapers and in the media, on television, it has been analyzed and people thought that what I said was totally appropriate ”.
“Everyone thought it was totally appropriate.”
