The US House of Representatives has voted to send two formal charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate, clearing the way for only the third impeachment trial of a US president to begin in earnest next week
The Democratic-led House of Representatives has voted to send two formal charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate, clearing the way for only the third impeachment trial of a US president to begin in earnest next week.
— Brian O'Donovan January 15, 2020 The 100-seat Senate is expected to acquit Mr Trump, keeping him in office, as none of its 53 Republicans has voiced support for removing him, a step that under the US Constitution would require a two-thirds majority. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, a Trump nemesis who served as a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles for six years, was selected to head the team of House "managers." The White House has yet to unveil its defense team. The trial will overseen by US Chief Justice John Roberts.
A pivotal event in Mr Trump's impeachment was a 25 July telephone call in which he asked Ukraine's president to open a corruption investigation into Mr Biden and his son, as well as a discredited theory that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 US election.
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