Trump Impeached for Historic Second Time One Week After Capitol Riot

Congress, with bipartisan support, voted to impeach the president for ‘incitement of insurrection’ after an expedited debate that saw criticism of Trump from members in both parties.

THE HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY impeached President Donald Trump over his role in last week's U.S. Capitol riots, charging him with "incitement of insurrection" and taking the unprecedented step of impeaching a president twice during his time in office.

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Thirteen months after his first impeachment, Trump swiftly faced the prospects of another proceeding in the wake of the riots to stop congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory. Rioters breached security, forced the Capitol complex into an hours-long lockdown and caused violent disruptions that led to the deaths of five people, including a police officer at the Capitol. The House ultimately voted to impeach in a 232-197 bipartisan vote.

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The stunning – and expedited – rebuke came together exactly one week after the deadly incident and Trump's earlier speech to supporters encouraging them to "take our country back." Democrats overwhelmingly banded together to call for Trump's removal from office, arguing that he remains a "clear and present danger" even with only a week left in office. They condemned the president's consistent efforts to undermine a free and fair election in November and argued that this pattern shows he remains a national security risk.

But unlike his first impeachment in December 2019, which garnered no GOP support, 10 Republicans broke with the party and voted to impeach the outgoing president, including Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Jamie Herrera Beutler of Washington, John Katko of New York, Fred Upton of Michigan, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Dan Newhouse of Washington, Peter Meijer of Michigan, Tom Rice of South Carolina, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio and David Valadao of California.

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"We know that the president of the United States incited this insurrection, this armed rebellion, against our country. He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation we all love," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said as she opened two hours of debate over whether to charge the president again with committing high crimes and misdemeanors.

While Trump's second impeachment had bipartisan support, the emotions and tensions on display throughout Wednesday's debate illustrated the fragility of Congress, the fears that persist over safety and the decision now laying before Republicans about how to proceed as a party in a post-Trump world.

Much of the debate largely broke down between calls for accountability versus unity – mixed in with a handful of fiery speeches from GOP members standing by the president.

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"Instead of moving forward as a unifying force, the majority is choosing to divide us further," said House Rules Committee Ranking Member Tom Cole of Oklahoma, who was one of the 147 Republicans to vote last week against the certification of Biden's win. "There is no reason to rush forward like this other than the obvious fact that there's seven days left."

But Democrats cast aside their opponents' calls to unify by moving on, especially when many believe that some GOP members should also be held responsible for perpetuating disputed claims about the 2020 election or echoing Trump's rhetoric.

"In the first impeachment, Republicans said we didn't need to impeach him because he learned his lesson. Well, we said if we didn't remove him, he'd do it again," Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana said in a floor speech likely to be his last before he leaves Congress to become White House chief of staff. "Simply put: We told you so."

Over the past four years, Republicans have been reluctant to break with Trump, fearing blowback from his loyal base and the political influence he wielded in primary elections. Trump rarely faced pushback from his own party but only in the waning days of his presidency has he received his biggest bipartisan rebukes to date: the first override of a Trump veto against a major defense policy bill and, just two weeks later, another impeachment charge.

And with one week left in the Trump era, the dam broke open a little further.

Of the GOP defectors, Cheney, the No. 3 Republican, was the most high-profile one and illustrated the real-time shift in the party. In a scathing rebuke, Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, laid the blame squarely and completely on Trump – a statement that was repeatedly invoked by Democrats during debate as they sought to convince more Republicans to follow her lead.

But Cheney's decision to impeach the president sparked the ire of some GOP colleagues, prompting calls for her resignation or removal as conference chairwoman. While some were willing to break with their party and Trump, the backlash over her defiance underscored that not all in the party are looking for a political realignment after Trump.

While they all condemned the riots and violence at the Capitol, the majority of Republicans still voted against impeachment: Some warned that it was too "divisive" and a rushed process, others blamed "cancel culture," and some said accountability over Trump's actions should come through alternative options like a censure resolution or a bipartisan commission to investigate the siege.

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"That doesn't mean the president isn't free from fault. The president bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding," said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, who opposed impeachment and voted against the certification of the 2020 results.

To be sure, many of the Republicans who called for unity were the ones who voted to overturn Biden's Electoral College victory just hours after reconvening the session put on pause by a violent mob that abruptly stormed the Capitol.

And during the two hours of debate managed by one of Trump's fiercest defenders in Congress – Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio – a number of Republicans still defended the president, his choice of words to rioters prior to the breach and his legacy.

"It is with weariness and a certain unhealthy morbid curiosity that I watched the beast attempt to devour President Donald Trump again. The craving to crush President Trump has never been satisfied," House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs of Arizona said.

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For at least the first half of Trump's presidency, Democrats had been mostly hesitant to go down the road of impeachment, which has been rarely used in U.S. history. But by the end of his one and only term, he will be the first president to be impeached twice and one of only three who have faced impeachment, alongside former Presidents Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson.

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Long-shot efforts to impeach Trump started in the early months of his presidency in late 2017 but had very little support from Democrats, including Pelosi. But their positions on impeachment dramatically began to change after reports that Trump pressured Ukraine's president on a 2019 call to pursue political investigations into the Biden family and delayed military aid in what some saw as a quid pro quo scheme. He was ultimately impeached but acquitted by the Senate early last year.

Following the aftermath of last week's incident, Democrats were mostly in lockstep about pursuing impeachment again, arguing that the real-life consequences of Trump's rhetoric couldn't go unpunished. But Trump's second impeachment looked vastly different from his first one since Democrats were working on a tight deadline.

In 2019, the House's impeachment proceeding took months and involved a series of hearings before two committees and hours of witness testimony and depositions. But this time, Democrats pursued impeachment without any of those formalities, arguing that the evidence of Trump's betrayal of office is all public. One similarity between the two proceedings was the House Judiciary Committee's report on impeachment which was prepared and released by majority staff one day before the vote.

Now, House Democrats will be tasked with transmitting the article of impeachment to the Senate so it can begin the trial on whether to convict or acquit the president – a time frame that remains murky.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland said Democrats will send the article over "as soon as possible," though he deferred to Pelosi on the timeline. The speaker has already tapped nine House impeachment managers who will preside over the prosecution of the president and make the case for conviction. A two-thirds majority, or 67 senators, are needed to convict.

But a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed that the Kentucky Republican will not convene the upper chamber in an emergency session before lawmakers are scheduled to return on Jan. 19, the day before the inauguration.

Regardless of the timing, the impeachment trial is expected to overlap with the early days of Biden's presidency. The president-elect is urging the Senate to split the day between holding the trial and working to confirm his nominees for Cabinet positions.

Lisa Hagen, Reporter

Lisa Hagen is a politics reporter for U.S. News & World Report covering Congress, the 2020 ... READ MORE

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