The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the opening of a new political trial against outgoing president, Donald Trump, this time under the charge of “inciting insurrection”, for last week’s attack on the Capitol. .
Trump thus becomes the only president in US history to be politically prosecuted twice.
Wednesday’s vote ended with 232 in favor and 197 against, with ten Republican lawmakers joining the entire Democratic caucus.
“We know that the US president instigated this insurrection, this armed insurrection against our common country. He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation we all love,” said Nancy Pelosi, the president of the Second Room. in the debate prior to the vote.
The United States is experiencing unprecedented recent political tension after last week’s violent attack on the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters, which left five dead.
The outgoing president criticized the new impeachment against him as “absolutely ridiculous” and “a continuation of the greatest witch hunt in the history of politics.”
All this less than a week before the formal handover ceremony, scheduled for January 20, in which Democrat Joe Biden will take over the chair.