Donald Trump has become the only United States president to be impeached twice after the House of Representatives voted in favour of the motion.
Republican congressman Jim Jordan, a prominent Trump ally who led his party’s opposition to the first impeachment in 2019, accused Democrats of pursuing an impeachment drive that he said began soon after Mr Trump’s inauguration in 2016.
If President Trump is impeached, a two-thirds majority of the Republican-led Senate is needed to convict him, meaning at least 17 Republicans in the 100-member chamber would have to find him guilty. Security was exceptionally tight as National Guard troops massed at the iconic Capitol ahead of Donald Trump's impeachment vote.In a break from standard procedure, Republican leaders in the House have refrained from urging their members to vote against impeaching President Trump, saying it was a matter of individual conscience.
Some Republicans called for the creation of a commission to study the events surrounding the siege as an alternative to impeachment.
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