The House of Representatives will take two historic votes on articles of impeachment Wednesday that are expected to make Donald Trump the third president in American history to be impeached.
"Very sadly, the facts have made clear that the President abused his power for his own personal, political benefit and that he obstructed Congress as he demanded that he is above accountability, above the Constitution and above the American people," Pelosi said in a letter to colleagues Tuesday."During this very prayerful moment in our nation's history, we must honor our oath to support and defend our Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Trump and his GOP congressional allies have slammed the impeachment proceedings, accusing the Democrats of rushing to impeach the President ahead of the 2020 election."History will judge you harshly as you proceed with this impeachment charade," he wrote. The House will debate the impeachment resolution for six hours on Wednesday before taking a separate vote on each impeachment article. There are just a handful of undecided Democrats remaining, as most of the Democrats representing the 31 districts Trump won in 2016 have said they will vote to impeach the President.
The House vote will shift the impeachment proceedings to the Senate, where Republicans control the majority. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday predicted that the Senate would have a"largely partisan outcome," after saying last week that he was coordinating with the President's lawyers ahead of the trial.
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