The impeachment proceedings moved at lightning speed, with politicians voting just one week after violent pro-Trump loyalists stormed the US Capitol, egged on by the president's calls for them to 'fight like hell' against the election results. 9News
A spokesman for McConnell said he had informed Democrats that he would block their effort to quickly call the chamber back into emergency session to put Trump on trial.
Cheney, whose father is the former Republican vice president, said of Trump's actions summoning the mob that "there has never been a greater betrayal by a President" of his office.
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