US President Donald Trump becomes the first American president to be impeached twice after he encouraged loyalists to 'fight like hell' against election results.
The House of Representatives has voted 232 to 197 to impeach US President Donald Trump, the first US president to be impeached twice, formally charging him with inciting an insurrection.
A spokesman for Mr McConnell said he had informed Democrats that he would block their effort to quickly call the chamber back into emergency session to put Mr Trump on trial.Mr McConnell's move means the Senate trial is all but certain to be delayed until after Joe Biden's inauguration as president on January 20.
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