A majority of the House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to impeach President Donald Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors. The vote marked only the third time in American history that the full chamber has approved articles of impeachment against a president.
The largely party-line vote represented the culmination of a sprawling three-month investigation that was conducted by multiple committees in the Democratic-controlled House, and which was opposed at every turn by the White House and congressional Republicans.
Ultimately, Trump faced impeachment on two specific charges: The first was that he abused his power by freezing U.S. foreign aid to Ukraine in order to pressure Ukraine’s president into launching investigations into Trump’s domestic political opponents. According to the first article of impeachment, Trump’s actions towards Ukraine amounted to having used his office to solicit “the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, in the 2020 United States Presidential election.”
Through his conduct, the article states that Trump “demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law.”
The second article of impeachment charges Trump with obstruction of Congress, for demanding that top level staffers at the White House defy the lawfully issued subpoenas they received from the House Intelligence Committee, compelling them to testify in the impeachment probe.
“President Trump thus interposed the powers of the Presidency against the lawful subpoenas of the House of Representatives,” the article states, and he “assumed to himself functions and judgments” that are the constitutional purview of the legislative branch, and specifically of the House.
As the Democratic-majority House voted on Wednesday to deal Trump the sharpest blow of his political life, the president was a thousand miles away — literally. Trump spent Wednesday evening in the swing state of Michigan, where he held a raucous campaign rally in Battle Creek before a crowd of 10,000 adoring supporters.
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May G-d protect him. He is a good president. They are making a mistake
4more yers
https://collive.com/house-votes-to-impeach-president-donald-trump/#comment-1853816 You want a masculine President or you want a feminine self-apologetic representative of the Democratic party?
I don’t get it is he president or nor?
He’s still President unless two thirds of the Senate votes to remove him, and everyone knows that’s not happening. So the entire thing is inconsequential.
Could sanhedrin have a machlokes with moshiach ?
The senate wont impeach him so the house impeachment will just make trump have a bigger election victory. From the day he was elected the democrats plan was to impeach him. They are desperate that he not be reelected. This will turn people against democrats and have the opposite effect.
It is best if Trump loses the election for what he did.
Down with Pelosi
Long live President Trump
The Democrats said they impeached Trump over the phone call to the Ukrainian president. That is a lie. They said Trump tried to force the Ukrainian president to launch investigations into Biden’s corrupt son for Trumps personal purposes, that is another lie. The democrats claim the evidence is “undisputable” that is another lie. The fact is that they have no solid evidence and they were planning on impeaching Trump since long before, that phone call was ever made. Not one Republican voted for impeachment. Two Democrats voted against, impeachment. That means there is bi-partisan support for ***not*** impeaching him and… Read more »
It’ll never pass the Senate. It’s a joke and a pathetic attempt to prevent a 2020 win.
Now Trump can run a third time in 2024. A president who is impeached can run again for a third term. That would be great.