After Democrats in the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump, Republicans released statements denouncing what they called a “sham” vote, saying that Democrats’ push for impeachment stems from their wish to overturn the results of the 2016 presidential election.
The Democrat-led House of Representatives formally charged Trump late Wednesday with two articles of impeachment (pdf)—abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The abuse of power article was passed on a 230-197 vote and the obstruction article was passed 229-198. The vote of Wednesday night does not remove President Trump from office, but sends the articles to the Republican-controlled Senate for a trial next month. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is set to speak about the vote in the Senate on Thursday at 9:30 a.m.
