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We and our partners use cookies to understand how you use our site, improve your experience and serve you personalized content and advertising. Read about how we use cookies and your choices . By continuing to use this site, you accept these cookies.AcceptRejectUpdate ConsentHe's the first US president to be impeached twice. The charge is incitement of insurrection.3 min readUpdate, Feb. 9:&nbsp;&nbsp;is happening in the Senate now.&nbsp;.&nbsp;President Donald Trump was&nbsp;&nbsp;by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, making him the first US president to be impeached twice. This follows&nbsp;, which was stormed by a pro-Trump mob seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The charge in the single article of impeachment is&nbsp;.&nbsp;The process next moves to the Senate for a trial. But Republican leader that he won't agree to bring the Senate back into session before Jan. 19, according to The New York Times. That's one day before the&nbsp;. It's unclear whether Trump could be tried after his term ends.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.Soon-to-be-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat from New York, said a trial will be held regardless of whether Trump has left office. "Make no mistake, there will be an impeachment trial in the United States Senate," Schumer said, according to various media outlets. In a note to GOP colleagues Wednesday afternoon, McConnell said he'd . "While the press has been full of speculation, I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate," McConnell said, according to a number of news outlets.Read more:&nbsp;A total of 217 votes in the House (or a simple majority plus one) is required to impeach a sitting president, with the Democratic-majority House obtaining 232 votes -- including 10 Republicans -- on Wednesday afternoon. In the Senate, where, typically, the chief justice of the Supreme Court would preside over the trial, two-thirds of the 100 senators must vote to convict. After a conviction, the Senate could also vote to permanently bar Trump from holding public office; that vote would require only a simple majority of 51."If the president is convicted, there will be a vote on barring him from running again," Schumer said.House Democrats on Monday&nbsp; the article of impeachment, which had 218 co-sponsors as of Jan. 12.Trump &nbsp;on Tuesday. "It's ridiculous. It's absolutely ridiculous,"&nbsp;. "For [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi and [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer to continue on this path, I think it's causing tremendous danger to our country and it's causing tremendous anger."By Tuesday evening, had said they would . While 10 Republicans joined Democrats in voting to impeach Trump, on Wednesday.&nbsp;Read more:&nbsp;Prior to the impeachment, some members of Congress had also been pushing to invoke the&nbsp;. Section 4 of the amendment provides power to the vice president plus a majority of sitting Cabinet secretaries to determine that a sitting president is unfit for office. The determination is made when a president is deemed "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office."Congress on Tuesday night voted to formally ask Vice President Mike Pence to&nbsp; to remove Trump from power. The&nbsp; gave&nbsp;&nbsp;before the House&nbsp;. Pence, however, had already indicated , saying in that he didn't think it would be "In the best interest of our Nation."Trump was previously impeached in December 2019, but the Republican-majority Senate acquitted him at the beginning of 2020, with the process marked by from Trump.&nbsp;In Trump's , two charges were made against him: abusing power and obstructing Congress. The issue was Trump's dealings with Ukraine, including a July 2019 phone call in which he appeared to be using US military aid as a bargaining chip to pressure Ukraine into investigating alleged ties between his political opponent Biden, Biden's son Hunter and a Ukrainian gas company. The articles also charged Trump with interfering with a House inquiry into the Ukraine matter.Read more: &nbsp;First published on Jan. 13, 2021 at 1:23 p.m. PT.

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