Impeachment, again: House votes to brand Donald Trump with a second scarlet letter
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A majority of members of the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to impeach President Donald Trump on a single count of inciting an insurrection.
The historic vote, which included 10 Republicans voting in favour with a handful of votes still outstanding, makes Trump the first president in American history to be impeached a second time.
It may also be the swiftest such proceeding in the history of Congress, coming just one week after a horde of angry Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill.
Several Republicans, including third-ranking House Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, voted with their Democratic counterparts in favour of impeachment.