It sets the stage for his becoming only the third US leader to be impeached and put on trial in the Senate.
Instead, the committee is expected to move quickly toward a vote on sending the articles of impeachment to the full House, likely by the end of the week. The House of Representatives will debate the articles of impeachment.
In the case of president Bill Clinton in 1998-99, the chamber debated four articles of impeachment for more than 13 hours over two days, and voted on the second day to approve them. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler ,House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff.Approval requires a simple majority, and Democrats hold a 233 to 197 advantage over Republicans, making passage assured: Mr Trump will be formally charged, or impeached. A vote to impeach would send the case to a Senate trial of a sitting president for only the third time in US history.
Representatives from the House would act as prosecutors, with the president's attorneys presenting his defense.Trump and forcing his removal from office is believed unlikely. It would require two-thirds of the Senate, and Republicans, who so far remain firmly behind the president, hold 53 of the 100 seats.
Politics will have a big influence on the final vote, and with presidential and congressional elections looming in November 2020, lawmakers have to consider where their constituents stand on impeachment.
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