Donald Trump impeached for inciting insurrection - BBC News

Donald Trump has been impeached by the US House of Representatives, in his final week in office.

A week after hundreds of the President’s supporters violently invaded the US Capitol - forcing Congressmen and women to flee - Representatives voted to impeach Mr Trump for inciting insurrection and falsely claiming the presidential election victory of Joe Biden was fraudulent.

Several Republicans abandoned the president and backed the articles of impeachment.

A trial will now take place in the Senate - the upper house of Congress. If US senators also support impeachment, Donald Trump will be banned from every standing again for any public office in the United States.

Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by North America editor Jon Sopel.

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Watching America feels like reading a book I don't really like but can't stop reading

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"Nobody gets impeached more than me, im the very best at getting impeached" Trump, 2021

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History Books in 2050:
Former U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached Times

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There is corruption in the air, and the poor are the ones that suffers it the most.

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"When the president does it. It's not illegal"
- Richard Nixon

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"No one gets impeached more than me."

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"u got fired on your day off?" - Chris Tucker😂🐵🧐

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This whole saga is like reading Tom Clancy’s work.

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American here. I both sadly and joyfully love listening to other countries commentary on our politics. By watching through the others eyes I can pretend I'm watching from the outside, rather than living in it...rather than living in it :(

[nicolek]

The reporter's last words echo Churchill who observed that "the Americans will always to the right thing ... after they've tried everything else."

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"Everyone is telling me it's the best impeachment they've ever seen. Even better than the last one."

[javtimestwo]

Trump: A lot of people tell me, "They've never seen anyone get impeached better than me."

[Kasia_Luna]

This whole situation feels like a really intense Netflix drama that the whole world is watching. Every episode comes with a twist.

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Excellent! FINALLY. A World Record. He’ll love that won’t he ...

[johncrowe]

Trump Does Impeachments Like Nobody's Ever Seen.

[willjon]

If he stays 2 more months he would be impeached three times.

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He’s fully entitled to this record of being the first president in US history to ever get impeached twice. The first time nobody will be disputing his success.

[Troube]

To be fair, Donald Trump thought impeachment was a kind of chutney.

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Never thought I would be happy to see soldiers occupying the capital.

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don't let this distract you from the fact that mr krabs sold spongebob's soul for a few cents