Leading Republican Liz Cheney to vote for impeachment of Trump

Republican number three in the House of Representatives Liz Cheney announced on Tuesday that she would vote in favor of impeaching Donald Trump for "inciting insurgency" linked to the violence on Capitol Hill, which will mark the opening of a historic impeachment procedure.

In a very scathing press release, the elected official who represents the very conservative state of Wyoming in Washington, said that the attack on the seat of Congress, in the middle of an extraordinary session on January 6 to confirm Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump, "could never have happened without the outgoing president".

"The President of the United States summoned this surging crowd, gathered this surging crowd and lit the fuse of this attack" which left five dead, accuses Liz Cheney.

"There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution," she concluded by announcing that she would vote in favor of the act of accusation which will be considered in the House as of Wednesday.

Republicans against Trump?

Majority in the House, Democrats believe they already have enough votes for Donald Trump's indictment for "incitement to insurgency" to pass.

This vote will mark the opening of a new impeachment procedure launched against the Republican billionaire, a week before his scheduled departure from the White House on January 20. 

Never in the history of the United States has a president been impeached twice.

Unlike the first impeachment procedure that targeted him for the Ukrainian case in late 2019 and early 2020, when he was acquitted by the Republican-majority Senate, more votes are being raised against him in his party. 

Mitch McConnell undecided

Already two other Republicans in the House have announced they will vote for his impeachment.

And according to the

and CNN, the leader of the Republicans in the Senate, the very influential Mitch McConnell, does not take a dim view, although he has not yet said if he will vote in the end to impeach. Donald Trump.

Whoever did everything to block the first "impeachment" proceedings against the Republican president just over a year ago, "told those around him that he believes President Trump has committed offenses punishable by dismissal, "reports the New York daily.

He also expressed his "satisfaction to see the Democrats take action to indict him, because he thinks that this will allow the party to get rid of him more easily," he adds.