Trump Faces a Second Impeachment

The US House of Representatives sees Donald Trump as responsible for the storming of the Capitol. The US president is said to have instigated the riot. In a vote, the MPs decide to reopen impeachment proceedings against him.

The majority of the US House of Representatives has voted for impeachment proceedings against the incumbent US President Donald Trump. Trump is charged in the indictment of “inciting a riot” in connection with the storming of the Capitol by his radical supporters. A majority was already considered certain before the vote. The Democrats have the necessary simple majority in the House of Representatives.

Ten MPs from Trump’s Republicans also voted for the impeachment. Trump is the first president in US history against whom two impeachment proceedings have been initiated. The first case was about a year ago which called the Ukraine affair.

The impeachment charge against Trump must be passed on to the Senate in the next step. A two-thirds majority would be necessary for a conviction. It is highly unlikely that the house of representatives proceedings would begin, and completed, before the end of Trump’s term next Wednesday. The Senate has a break until next Tuesday, the outgoing Conservative majority leader Mitch McConnell apparently does not want the house of representatives to convene a special session beforehand.

The Democrats are striving to condemn Trump even after he has left the White House – also because he could then be excluded from public office in the future and a new presidential candidacy in 2024.

Trump Faces a Second Impeachment

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