The house of representatives approved the impeachment trump
The chamber authorized the U.S. Congress adopted a resolution on the impeachment of the President of Donald trump.
The chamber authorized the U.S. Congress adopted a resolution on the impeachment of the President of Donald trump.
about it the results of the vote announced by the speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi.
the resolution, which prescribes rules for the conduct of impeachment, voted 232 against - 196. The voices for the most part distributed along party lines.
the overwhelming majority in the house belongs to the Democrats.
Now, according to the procedure in case of impeachment shall go to trial in the Senate, and then there will also be expression of the will.
To remove the President from power, requires a two-thirds majority. The Republicans have a majority in the Senate.
Democrats started impeachment proceedings, saying that trump put pressure on the Ukrainian leadership and for their own political purposes achieved the investigation on the former Vice-President Joe Biden and his family.
Biden is one of the likely presidential candidates from the Democrats in 2020.
then the White house released the transcript of a telephone conversation trump with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, from which it follows that he was asked to "study" the case of Biden.
Trump insists that he did nothing illegal and performed their duty in the battle against illegal activity of officials.
Testimony to Congress gave former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine with Kurt Volker, former US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, the former adviser to the President on Russia and Ukraine Fiona hill, U.S. Ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sandland.
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