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December 18, 2019The debate on the impeachment of President Donald Trump before the vote scheduled today in the US House of Representatives will last 6 hours, divided evenly between Democrats and Republicans. This was established by the commission in charge of defining the rules, according to the Democratic Mary Gay Scanlon, a member of the panel composed of 13 deputies, including nine dem and 4 republicans. The Chamber has been convened for nine and before the debate it will have to ratify the rules approved in committee.

The procedural vote will also be preceded by a one-hour debate. An amendment by the Republicans - destined to be shipwrecked - asking for the duration of the debate to be extended to 12 hours will also be put to the vote.

Only 2 dem deputies announced no to impeachment
On the eve of the vote in the House of Representatives on the indictment of President Donald Trump, only two Democratic deputies announced that they will vote against: Collin Peterson and Jeff Van Drew .

Against 217 dem votes surely in favor, according to the New York Times there are one undecided and 13 that have not expressed themselves. Among the undecided Tulsi Gabbard, a dem candidate to the White House.

The Republicans should all vote against impeachment but according to the NYT there is an undecided and 29 who have not responded and therefore the exponents of the Grand old Party (Gop) who will surely catch Trump's accusation would fall to 167.

From Ny to Boston thousands in the square
"The Trump / Pence regime must be dismantled". And again: "Accuse Trump and remove him". They are some of the billboards shaken in New York by hundreds of protesters who took to the streets to say yes to the president's impeachment and support the Democrats.

They show peacefully in the streets of the city despite the rain and the cold to show that the New York that Trump believes his city is against him. It was when he was elected, and he is now when he asks for impeachment.

But the demonstrations are not only in the Big Apple. From Boston to Philadelphia, via Charlotte, thousands of Americans are in the streets to demand the impeachment and removal of Trump.

Leave US ambassador in Kiev, witness impeachment
Bill Taylor , the interim US ambassador to Ukraine and key witness of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, will leave office on January 1st. The NBC and CNN anticipate this, stating that his mandate will expire at the end of the year and that he will not try to be reconfirmed. Taylor, a long-time diplomat, was sent to Kiev last June after the controversial Trump sentiment to US ambassador Marie Yovanovitch.

45 days in prison to former advisor Gates, he lied to Fbi
Rick Gates, a former advisor to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, was sentenced to 36 months of probation and 45 days in prison. Gates, accused of having lied to the FBI, collaborated with the authorities, contributing to the condemnation of the historic friend and advisor of Trump Roger Stone and the former manager of the tycoon presidential campaign, Paul Manafort, as part of the Russiagate investigation.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson thanked Gates for cooperation as "an important public service". Gates, 47, pleaded guilty in February 2018 to having lied to the team of special prosecutor Robert Mueller who was investigating Russiagate. According to the ABC, Manafort, who is serving 7 years in prison in Pennsylvania, was hospitalized yesterday for a heart problem but should return to prison.