• Use: in the Chamber decisive hours for impeachment to President Donald Trump
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December 19, 2019 Donald Trump enters history as the third president of the United States subjected to impeachment, for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. All democratic deputies except 3 voted in favor. The opposition of the Republicans is compact, as the president himself has held to claim instead accusing the Democrats of being "consumed by hatred". The first article passed with 230 yes and 197 no. "It is a great day for the Constitution - Pelosi observed after the historic vote - a sad day for America". The second article, Congress obstructed, passed with 229 votes in favor and 198 against. The Senate "will restore order and justice", "we did nothing wrong", commented the tycoon, anticipating the acquittal by the Republican majority chamber, which will now take charge of the procedure.


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- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2019

Before Trump, two presidents ended up officially under impeachment: Andrew Johnson, in 1868, for trying to replace the Minister of War without going through Congress; Bill Clinton, in 1998, for lying about his relationship with an intern, Monica Lewinsky, and obstructing the investigation. In both cases, after the favorable vote of the Chamber, the Senate had rejected the removal. Nixon, in 1974, resigned after the Justice Commission approved three impeachment articles, but before the Chamber expressed itself. To remove an American president from office, a two-thirds majority is needed in the Senate, which means that at least 20 Republicans should join the Democrats by voting against Trump. "The Chamber has done its Constitutional duty, unfortunately it seems increasingly evident that the Republican Senate will not do it", commented aspiring tenant dem of the White House Michael Bloomberg, who refers to the elections next November the "solution" to the problem. "We are gathered today in this temple of democracy to exercise one of the most solemn powers: the impeachment of a president of the United States", Pelosi had declared, opening the debate yesterday morning, which had been going on for 11 hours if we also consider the procedural vote. "The president's irresponsible actions made the impeachment necessary: ​​he gave us no choice," he remarked. "This is an assault on America and an assault on the Republican party", was Trump's reply, both via Twitter and during the rally in Michigan held just in conjunction with the House vote. "They tried to undergo impeachment from day one," the 73nne tycoon, which aims at a second term, insisted. The first impeachment article accuses Trump of abuse of power due to pressure on Ukraine to open a series of investigations aimed at favoring it politically, using the block of military aid in Kiev as a lever. The obstruction of Congress concerns the order not to cooperate with the Chamber's investigation to administration officials. "Atrocious lies of the radical left, of the non-democratic democrats", he countered Trump, furious at this stain on his presidential curriculum, regardless of the outcome of the Senate trial.