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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: 1) by khallow on Thursday January 14 2021, @12:51PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday January 14 2021, @12:51PM (#1100036) Journal

    The Soviet Union had a pretty reasonable constitution and a fair voting system (secret polls, universal suffrage, etc), but that didn't make it a good place to live.

    A "pretty reasonable constitution" that it never followed. A "fair voting system" that it never used for anything other than propaganda purposes.

    The problem in the US isn't the electoral system, that's just a symptom, the problem is the electorate.

    The present day electorate didn't create the first-past-the-post voting system (for a glaring counterexample).

    Traditionally it's been done through a reformat and reinstall, typically taking centuries (Roman empire) or a catastrophic loss (Germany).

    Neither which was due to problems with the electorate.