US House impeaches Trump for abuse of power, obstructing Congress

Washington The US House of Representatives on Wednesday night impeached President Donald Trump on two counts ndash abuse of power and obstructing the Congress The first article of impeachment abuse of power was on party lines with 230 to 197 votes The second article of impeachment obstruction to the Congress was voted 229198 votesThe White House described the impeachment as one of the most shameful political episodes in the history of the US All four Democratic Indian American members of the House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump The impeachment now moves to the Senate where Supreme Court Chief Justice would preside over the trialGiven that the ruling Republicans have majority in the 100member Senate political analysts say that impeachment is likely to fail and the Democrats might not be able to unseat Trump from the Oval OfficeSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would hold an impeachment trial early next year Democrats need twothird majority in the Senate to convict TrumpIf we do not act now we would be derelict in our duty It is tragic that the Presidents reckless actions make impeachment necessary He gave us no choice Democratic leader and House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in her remarks on the floor of the HouseThere is a rushjob because they want to influence the 2020 elections Republican Jim Sensenbrenner saidI just left the House floor and voted to impeach President Trump Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi said in an email to his supportersHere are the facts President Trump abused his power He threatened our democracy and obstructed Congress He compromised our election and national security he saidIn his first reaction Trump said the Democrats were trying to impeach him from day oneTheyve been trying to impeach me from day one After three years of sinister witch hunts hoaxes scams tonight House Democrats are trying to nullify the ballots of tens of millions of patriotic Americans he said in his address to a Keep America Great rally in MichiganCrazy Nancy Pelosis House Democrats have branded themselves with an eternal mark of shame he saidHe then slammed his 2016 rival Hillary Clinton Loud Lock Her Up chant from the crowd after he mocked her staminaThey shouldnt even be able to have an impeachment he said If we were Democrats they would have been in jail two years ago he said Its a disgraceToday marks the culmination in the House of one of the most shameful political episodes in the history of our nation Without receiving a single Republican vote and without providing any proof of wrongdoing Democrats pushed illegitimate articles of impeachment against the President through the House of Representatives White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statementDemocrats have chosen to proceed on this partisan basis in spite of the fact that the President did absolutely nothing wrong Indeed weeks of hearings have proved that he did nothing wrong Grisham addedShe said throughout the House Democrats entire sham impeachment the President was denied fundamental fairness and due process under the lawThe House blatantly ignored precedent and conducted the inquiry in secrecy behind closed doors so that Chairman Adam Schiff and his partisan political cronies could selectively leak information to their partners in the media to push a false narrative she saidGrisham said the President is confident the Senate will restore regular order fairness and due process all of which were ignored in the House proceedingsHe is prepared for the next steps and confident that he will be fully exonerated President Trump will continue to work tirelessly to address the needs and priorities of the American people as he has since the day he took office she saidCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get the latest updates