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His unprecedented second impeachment comes with just one week left in his term.įollowing Wednesday's House vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that Trump's trial could not begin in earnest until he leaves office on Jan. Trump is the third president in American history to ever be impeached and the first to be impeached twice. On Tuesday, he insisted to reporters that his speech before last week's riot was 'totally appropriate.' He later tweeted 'these are the things and events that happen. 6, the president offered contradictory reactions: He had said they should be 'peaceful' and 'patriotic' but then offered sympathy for the rioters, calling them 'very special' even as he told them to return home. GOP member in the House.Īs throngs of Trump supporters turned into a violent mob on Jan. 3 election - nearly a dozen Republicans supported the effort to impeach him a second time, including Rep. RELATED: Trump Doesn't Accept Responsibility for Inciting Capitol Riots, Says Speech Was 'Totally Appropriate'īut after Trump called on rally attendees to 'fight like hell' over his baseless claims of election fraud and march last week to the Capitol - where a joint session of Congress had gathered to ratify the Nov. No Republican members of the House voted in favor of his impeachment then, and Trump was swiftly acquitted in the GOP-led Senate where the only Republican who voted to convict Trump was Mitt Romney, a vocal critic. Trump was previously impeached in December 2019 on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in his Ukraine scandal. The House voted 232-197 in favor of his second impeachment, with 10 Republican representatives joining the Democratic-led effort this time around.