Trump s impeachment likely to begin on Biden s Inauguration Day
Trump was impeached by the House on Wednesday on a single charge of incitement to insurrection after the deadly Capitol siege last week by a pro-Trump mob
PTI | January 15, 2021 | Updated 13:29 IST
US President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump s impeachment trial could begin at 1 pm (local time) on Inauguration Day next Wednesday as President-elect Joe Biden is being sworn into office. That s according to a a timeline of Senate procedure obtained by The Associated Press.
It s the possible schedule if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sends the articles of impeachment to the Senate soon.
Never been greater betrayal : Republicans to support Trump s impeachment
The Democratic Party has 222 members in the 435-seat House of Representatives. The Republican Party has 211 seats, with two vacancies
Associated Press | January 13, 2021 | Updated 12:02 IST
US President Donald Trump
Ahead of Wednesday s voting in the House of Representatives to impeach President Donald Trump on charges of inciting his supporters to attack the US Capitol, cracks appeared in the Republican Party as three of its lawmakers announced their decision to vote in favour of the motion.
Congresswoman Liz Cheney, the third-most powerful Republican lawmaker in the House of Representatives, was the first GOP House leader to announce that she will vote to impeach Trump. There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution. I will vote to impeach the President, Cheney said.