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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]
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Thursday January 14 2021, @04:09AM (1 child)
Exactly; I don't know anyone who's jumping up and down for Biden specifically, or even Harris (whose record in California isn't exactly super-progressive). They're just glad to get rid of Trump. All evidence shows Biden will at least run the government competently, and restore some decency to the office, but I'm not expecting a whole lot of progressive changes from his term, just repairing some of the damage Trump did, and maybe getting the rest of the world to stop laughing at us or being horrified at what's become of us.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 14 2021, @06:36AM
"All evidence shows Biden will at least run the government competently..."
I can hardly believe that you, even you, wrote anything approximating that.
Are you quite serious? Biden, the man who had serious trouble holding it together for a short public debate? The inarticulate idiot whose recommendations on firearms and self-defence didn't pass legal review, let alone common sense - despite him being a lawyer? The fool whose handler couldn't drag him away fast enough to prevent him making a spectacle of himself in front of a union crowd?
Sure. Competent.
On an unrelated note, who's your dealer, because that stuff seems pretty wild?