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US House Impeaches Trump for Inciting Deadly Capitol Riot

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives impeached President
   Donald Trump on Wednesday, declaring that he incited insurrection last
   week when he implored thousands of his supporters to march to the
   Capitol to try to overturn his reelection loss, prompting a mob
   demonstration that turned into deadly mayhem.

   The 232-197 majority for impeachment, with just a week remaining in
   Trump's four-year term as the U.S. leader, was made up of Democratic
   Party lawmakers joined by 10 of Trump's fellow Republicans.

   The House vote made Trump the first of the country's 45 presidents in
   its 245-year history to be impeached twice.

   He was acquitted by the Senate a year ago in the first impeachment case
   and now will face a new trial in the weeks after President-elect Joe
   Biden is inaugurated next Wednesday. A two-thirds vote in the
   politically divided Senate would be needed to convict him. If
   convicted, a simple-majority vote could bar him from holding federal
   office again.

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