House poised to impeach Trump for a second time, following deadly Capitol riot
by Lauren Gambino in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#5CS17)
Effort gains momentum as senior House Republicans join Democrats in calling for Trump's removal from office for role in Capitol attack
The US House of Representatives was poised on Wednesday officially to charge Donald Trump with inciting violence against the government of the United States one week after he rallied a mob of loyalists to storm the US Capitol, a historic measure that would make him the only American president to be impeached twice.
The unprecedented effort gained momentum overnight as senior Republican leaders in the House joined Democrats in support of removing Trump from office.
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