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Trump Impeached for Inciting US Capitol Riots

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

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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• Re:parliament is far worse Re:parliament is far worse (Score: 5, Insightful) by srobert on Thursday January 14 2021, @12:18AM (1 child)

  by srobert (4803) on Thursday January 14 2021, @12:18AM (#1099726)

  "Since people without kids don't have reason to care about future generations, they shouldn't get to vote either."

  Since people who reproduce do so mostly by accident, they are incapable of planning ahead. So they shouldn't get to vote either.

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• Re:parliament is far worse (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday January 14 2021, @10:49AM

  by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Thursday January 14 2021, @10:49AM (#1099997) Homepage

  You're at 5 already, so I'll just hat-tip instead.
  
  My partner and I are easily in the top decile of the people I know when it comes to environmental concerns, both awareness and actions, we are accutely aware that degrading the habitat for future generations is morally unacceptable (but we're moral relativists, you may select your own morals, I reserve the right to view you as a selfish short-termist sociopath). We're also happily - very happily - childfree. (Don't have them, don't want them, never have, never will.) Thank you for putting forward such an amusing and succinct counter to your parent poster's drivel.

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