US Democratic House leaders march formal articles of impeachment against President Trump to Senate, setting stage for only the third trial to remove a president in American history
Earlier Wednesday, the House voted 228-193, almost entirely along party lines to deliver the charges. It came one month after the House impeached Trump alleging he abused his presidential power by pressuring Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden, using military aid to the country as leverage. Trump's political campaign dismissed the House effort as "just a failed attempt to politically damage President Trump leading up to his reelection.
The top Republican in the House, Kevin McCarthy of California, said Americans will look back on this "sad saga" that tried to remove the president from office with the "weakest case." The president's team expects acquittal with a Senate trial lasting no more than two weeks, according to senior administration officials unauthorised to discuss the matter and granted anonymity.
That’s far shorter than the last presidential impeachment trial, of Bill Clinton, in 1999, or the first one, of Andrew Johnson, in 1868.
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