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9 hours ago
There are enough votes now: Trump, indicted in impeachment for the second time
By Jim Acosta
Enough lawmakers have voted to impeach President Trump again.
It is the first time in history that a president has been indicted twice.
The impeachment resolution charges Trump with a single count, "incitement to insurrection," for his role in last week's deadly Capitol uprising.
The vote is in progress.
32 hours ago
7 Republicans Say They Will Vote For Impeachment
By Daniella Diaz
Republican Rep. Peter Meijer tweeted that he plans to vote to impeach President Trump, making him the seventh Republican to publicly support impeachment.
“President Trump betrayed his oath by seeking to undermine our constitutional process, and he has a responsibility to incite the insurrection that we suffered last week.
With a heavy heart, I will vote to impeach President Donald J. Trump, ”Meijer tweeted.
President Trump betrayed his oath of office by seeking to undermine our constitutional process, and he bears responsibility for inciting the insurrection we suffered last week.
With a heavy heart, I will vote to impeach President Donald J. Trump.
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- Rep. Peter Meijer (@RepMeijer) January 13, 2021
The resolution is expected to pass with a swift, bipartisan vote.
These are the Republicans said they will vote for impeachment:
Representative Dan Newhouse of Washington
Representative John Katko of New York
Representative Jamie Herrera Beutler of Washington
Representative Adam Kinzinger of Illinois
Representative Fred Upton of Michigan
Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming
Representative Peter Meijer of Michigan
59 mins ago
McConnell says he "has not made a final decision" on how he will vote in impeachment
By Manu Raju
Mitch McConnell.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sent a note to his Republican colleagues this afternoon on impeachment: “While the press has been full of speculation, I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen legal arguments when presented to the Senate ”.
Previously, McConnell rejected calls by Democrats for the Senate to immediately return to sessions to convict President Trump in his final days in office.
McConnell's office made that clear to aides to Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday, according to Republican officials.
2 hours ago
Trump calls for no violence in light of more planned demonstrations
When a sixth House Republican stepped forward to say they would vote to impeach him, President Trump released a statement through his press office, which he delivered first to Fox News, calling for no violence "amid reports of more demonstrations ”.
Lawmakers and senior advisers have begged Trump to issue a statement saying the same as he prepares for more members of his own party to vote against him.
Kevin McCarthy just specifically asked Trump to issue a statement similar to this one.
Trump is watching coverage of the debate on his impeachment in the West Wing right now, according to a source.
“In light of the reports of more demonstrations, I urge that there should be NO violence, NO law breaking, and NO vandalism of any kind.
That is not what I stand for, and it is not what America stands for.
I call on ALL Americans to help ease tensions and calm things down, ”the statement said.
4 hours ago
The debate on the impeachment resolution begins
The House is now debating an impeachment resolution that would make Trump the first president in U.S. history to be indicted twice.
Democrats accuse Trump of "incitement to insurrection" for his role in the deadly riots on Capitol Hill last week.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, will open the two-hour debate.
What's Next:
The House will vote on the single impeachment charge.
Final voting will begin between 3:00 and 4:00 pm ET.
As with all major votes in times of coronavirus, these things are not very fluid in terms of time.
The resolution is expected to be approved.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet to tell his members when the Senate trial could be, according to multiple Republican sources.
Even if Trump is impeached today, Trump will remain in office and will likely end his term because it takes a Senate conviction to remove him even after he has been impeached.
4 hours ago
Man linked to Capitol uprising commits suicide
The death of a Georgia man who was charged as part of the Capitol uprising has been called suicide, authorities say.
Police in the Atlanta suburbs responded to a call Saturday morning and found Christopher Stanton Georgia dead.
The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office conducted an autopsy Monday and ruled his death a suicide.
Two rifles were recovered from his home according to an incident report from the Alpharetta Police Department.
Georgia was charged with illegal entry into the United States Capitol, in addition to violating the city-wide curfew, according to court documents filed in Washington.
4 hours ago
McConnell is signaling he is in favor of impeachment, says Republican source
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is signaling that he is in favor of impeachment, a Republican source familiar with McConnell's thinking told CNN.
"Unlike Kevin McCarthy, he does not believe that Trump will just disappear, he believes that the party needs to make a break to save itself," said this person.
Ultimately, however, it is up to McConnell to say where he stands on impeachment.
His silence thus far has been deliberate and he is very careful what he says.
A separate Republican source said they expect 10-20 House Republicans to vote for impeachment.
The source went on to say that the White House is putting great pressure on members and that members are saying that they "want to vote to impeach, but they legitimately fear for their lives and those of their families."
This person points out that a week after Jan.6, President Trump is still trying to intimidate members, adding that people should be careful about the numbers the White House publishes on how many Republican members they expect to vote for the trial. politician.
This person believes that the White House is exaggerating the figures so that when the number of Republicans voting against Trump falls short, they can claim Trump's victory to try to make him feel better.
Additionally, GOP staff, including those of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, are upset that members did not vote for impeachment and are raising it with their bosses, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. .
And as members reject impeachment citing the process, a Republican source told CNN:
Saying he rushed is a lame excuse… It is not a process.
We know what happened.
We were there.
We saw it.
We were the targets.
5 hours ago
The House is voting on the rules
The House is voting now on the rules governing the impeachment charge that will vote later today.
Remember that voting in the House takes time due to coronavirus protocols.
What comes next:
Once the House approves the rules, it will proceed to a two-hour debate on the impeachment resolution.
Final voting will begin between 3 and 4 pm ET.
As with all major votes in times of coronavirus, these things are not very fluid in terms of time.
The resolution is expected to be approved.
6 hours ago
House Majority Leader Says They Will Send Office To Senate Immediately
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The House Majority Leader says they are sending the charges to the Senate immediately, but there are no details yet on the exact timing.
A reporter this morning asked House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer if the House would send the charge immediately to the Senate and Hoyer said "yes."
He did not give details about the weather.
Hoyer told reporters last night that the position will not be retained by the House and that "the presumption is that in a very short time" it will be transmitted to the Senate.
Some context:
With the Senate out of session, that would likely mean that the trial would begin in the early days of Biden's term unless Mitch McConnell agrees to bring lawmakers back.
His office has not commented on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's proposal to have an early return, but the expectation is that the trial will not begin before Trump leaves office.
7 hours ago
They reinforce security at Pence residence
Overnight, the perimeter surrounding the vice president's residence, the United States Naval Observatory, was fortified with a wire fence reinforced with concrete barricades.
That level of physical security barriers around the vice president's residence is unprecedented, with the exception of similar actions in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
The move comes a week after President Trump incited riots in the US Capitol, and hours before he is expected to become the first US president to be indicted twice.
It also comes amid concerns that more protests could take place both in Washington and across the country in the coming days.
Additionally, there are significant road closures around the White House and additional fences with concrete barricades have been erected around it.
Similar security measures were taken over the summer amid racial justice protests.
7 hours ago
What will happen today
The House of Representatives is poised on Wednesday to make Donald Trump the first president in U.S. history to be impeached for the second time with a swift, bipartisan vote, to condemn his role in inciting unrest on Capitol Hill. U.S.
House Democrats and at least a handful of Republicans, including House Republican No. 3, will vote in favor of the trial to impeach Trump just one week after a deadly mob invaded the Capitol, looted the compound and endangered the lives of Vice President Mike Pence and lawmakers.
The division within the Republican Party over Wednesday's vote stands in stark contrast to the impeachment of Trump in 2019, when House Republicans rallied in opposition.
And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that he believes impeaching Trump will make it easier to get rid of the president and GOP Trumpism, The New York Times, CNN and other outlets reported Tuesday in another. It signals that Republicans are rapidly putting distance between the party and the president who has ruled it for the past four years.
Read more here.
7 hours ago
Republicans who have said they will vote to impeach Trump
House Democrats and at least a handful of Republicans, including House Republican No. 3, will vote to impeach President Trump just one week after a deadly mob invaded the US Capitol putting up Mike Pence and legislators in danger.
The number of Republicans who will ultimately vote for impeachment remains unclear.
So far, five Republicans have said they will vote to impeach Trump.
Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney, speaking yesterday in support of impeachment, sparked the first sign that the Republican Party might try to be something else after Trump.
And he didn't just say he supported impeachment.
She put the blame for the events of the past week squarely on Trump's shoulders.
“The president of the United States summoned this mob, rallied the mob, and lit the flame of this attack.
Everything that followed was his doing.
None of this would have happened without the president, ”he wrote.
The division, the differences, the revisionism that we could see in the coming months and years is just beginning.
Small cracks are occurring on Capitol Hill right now.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's staff is asking their boss to explain himself.
Senator Ted Cruz's communications director resigned.
Those who disown Trump both before and because of this moment will not necessarily win this ideological contest that will unfold in the days and years to come.
Some will get on this train late, many months and years after walking in unison with the president.
And many may never reject it at all.
Trump's support remains strong.
There's a reason his followers took him seriously when he tweeted, when he made promises, when he gave instructions.
We still expect only a handful of Republicans to vote with Democrats to impeach today.
One consultant put that estimate, even after Cheney, at no more than 20.
Here are the Republicans who will vote to impeach:
Representative John Katko
Representative Jamie Herrera Beutler
Representative Adam Kinzinger
Representative Fred Upton
Representative Liz Cheney
7 hours ago
This is what the Capitol looks like this morning
Members of the National Guard were dispatched to the US Capitol ahead of today's House vote to impeach President Trump a second time.
Photos from inside the building showed some members of the National Guard preparing for the day: some were seen picking up weapons while others were seen lounging on the floor.
National Guard members assemble in the Capitol Visitor's Center on Capitol Hill before Democrats begin debating one article of impeachment against US President Donald Trump at the US Capitol, in Washington, US, January 13, 2021. REUTERS / Joshua Roberts
7 hours ago
The House is in session and the impeachment process will begin
The United States House of Representatives has just met and will now begin to consider the impeachment of President Trump.
The impeachment resolution the House will vote on today indicts Trump on a single count, "incitement to insurrection," for his role in last week's deadly Capitol riot.
The first debate is expected to last about an hour and will revolve around the rules governing impeachment.
After that, the House will vote on the rule.
Remember:
voting in the House takes time due to coronavirus protocols and now legislators also have to go through metal detectors to get to the floor of the House.
Trump now faces the shameful distinction of being impeached by the House of Representatives twice in just over a year, the only president in American history to be indicted twice.
Even if he is impeached today, Trump will remain in office and will likely end his term, because it takes a Senate conviction to remove him even after he has been impeached.
