Haaretz
The impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress sets the stage for a historic trial next month in the Republican-controlled Senate on whether he should be removed from office.
The mostly party-line votes on Wednesday in the Democratic-led House came after long hours of bitter debate that reflected the partisan tensions in a divided America, and made Trump the third U.S. president to be impeached. Trump has railed against the vote calling it a “hoax” and insisting the Democrat’s do not have cause to impeach him.
Trump’s criticism stands in direct contradiction to a 2008 video showing Trump praising House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in conversation with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “I think she’s a very impressive person. I like her a lot,” Trump said.
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20 Dec 2019
