TRUMP IMPEACHED: Donald Trump is the 3rd US President Impeached in History

President Trump Impeached in Congress by Congress

December 18, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House voted to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday, with Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisting Congress must “defend democracy” by evicting him from the White House. Trump was just the third American president to be impeached, a distinctive dark mark on his tenure.

The vote was along party line as few Democrats crossed to vote with the Republicans. Trump said that despite the Democrats’ patriotic talk, they were actually perpetrating “an assault on America.” Pelosi invoked the the Pledge of Allegiance and the Preamble to the Constitution in arguing that the Founders’ vision for a republic was threatened by the actions by Trump in the White House.

Impeached President Trump

“Today we are here to defend democracy for the people,″ she said to applause from Democrats in the chamber. “I solemnly and sadly open the debate on the impeachment of the president of the United States.” Republicans swiftly came to the president’s defense.

The president was impeached on two articles which will be judged in the Senate in January 2020. The president is expected to overcome the charges as 67 Senators are required to move him from office. This is a Developing Story...