The Democratic majority in the House, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is expected to approve two articles of impeachment today.
The Republican-dominated Senate will then open a trial in January and is all but certain to acquit the president.
Can you believe that I will be impeached today by the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats, AND I DID NOTHING WRONG! A terrible Thing. Read the Transcripts. This should never happen to another President again. Say a PRAYER!Mr Trump, arguably the most polarising US leader in living memory, was spending the day holed up at the White House, sending out streams of tweets reflecting his frustration, anger and predictions of revenge at next year's election.
"Can you believe that I will be impeached today by the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats, AND I DID NOTHING WRONG! A terrible Thing," Mr Trump said in his opening tweet. Later, he was to fly to the electoral swing state of Michigan for a rally with thousands of his most loyal supporters - possibly right around the time of the House vote.Although impeachment will put an ugly asterisk by Mr Trump's name in the history books - alongside Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998 - he predicts the scandal will galvanise his base in the 2020 presidential polls.
Mr Trump is also accused of obstructing Congress by refusing to cooperate with the impeachment investigation, barring staff from testifying and holding back documentary evidence.
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