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The House of Representatives impeaches President Trump for the second time

On Wednesday afternoon, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump for a second time in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot by Trump supporters. The president is the first in history to be impeached twice.

Republicans from ten Houses joined Democrats in voting to move to impeach the president, including GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (WY) and Reps. Adam Kinzinger (IL), Fred Upton (MI), Peter Meijer (MI), John Katko (NY). York), Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA), Dan Newhouse (WA), Anthony Gonzalez (OH), Tom Rice (SC) and David Valadao (CA).

The final vote was 232 to 197, with 4 members not voting. The article reprimands the president for “incitement of insurrection.” Democratic leaders in the House plan to immediately send the article to the Senate, but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Wednesday he would not call a special session to hold a trial. Any impeachment action in the upper house will take place during the opening days of the Biden administration.

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