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Trump Impeached for Inciting US Capitol Riots

posted by martyb on Wednesday January 13 2021, @10:15PM   Printer-friendly

martyb writes:

Trump impeached for 'inciting' US Capitol riots:

The US House of Representatives has impeached President Donald Trump for "incitement of insurrection" at last week's Capitol riot.

Ten Republicans sided with Democrats to impeach the president by 232-197.

He is the first president in US history to be impeached twice, or charged with crimes by Congress.

Mr Trump, a Republican, will now face a trial in the Senate, where if convicted he could face being barred from ever holding office again.

But Mr Trump will not have to quit the White House before his term in office ends in one week because the Senate will not reconvene in time.

Mr Trump will leave office on 20 January, following his election defeat last November to Democrat Joe Biden.

The Democratic-controlled House voted after several hours of impassioned debate on Wednesday as armed National Guard troops stood guard inside and outside the Capitol.

[...] Impeachment charges are political, not criminal.

Also at Newsweek, c|net, Al Jazeera, Washington Post.

[Ed Note - The linked article has been revised since submission. The quoted text has been revised accordingly. - Fnord]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 13 2021, @10:50PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 13 2021, @10:50PM (#1099656)

    At least now we know what you're doing to rot that brain so thoroughly. Yes I know you accused Pelosi of that, but by the law of conservative truthiness we know that all your accusations are actually admissions.

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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 13 2021, @11:07PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 13 2021, @11:07PM (#1099664)

    Typical liberal projection. We all know that if a liberal accuses a conservative of something, it's because the liberal is the one actually doing it.

    • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Tork on Thursday January 14 2021, @12:24AM (2 children)

      by Tork (3914) on Thursday January 14 2021, @12:24AM (#1099734)

      Typical liberal projection. We all know that if a liberal accuses a conservative of something, it's because the liberal is the one actually doing it.

      Can't tell if satire or stupid.

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      • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 14 2021, @12:58AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 14 2021, @12:58AM (#1099764)

        Attempted satire, they don't like us pointing out their standard tactics of blaming others for their own bad actions. Also, they like to copy insults because as we've seen they aren't the best at coming up with clever ones themselves. It is much easier when you have the truth as a template ;-)

      • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 14 2021, @03:00AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 14 2021, @03:00AM (#1099831)

        Can't tell if satire or stupid.

        But you agree rioters and incitement should be prosecuted? [babylonbee.com]