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House Passes Formal Article of Impeachment Against President

President Trump becomes first president to face two impeachments in one term

Reporter Kaia Hutton

On January 13, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Trump for incitement of insurrection, citing his role in encouraging the mob that stormed the Capitol building, breaking into it, destroying windows, and vandalizing elected officials‘ personal property.

Lawmakers voted 232 to 197 to proceed with the articles.

10 House republicans joined with Democrats, voting for him to be charged.

Members of the republican party voted to charge the president, more than in any other impeachment.

He now faces trial in the upper chamber, the Senate, but not before he leaves office next Wednesday.

If convicted, he'll become the first President to be found guilty by the Senate.

Impeachment in a two-part process. The House introduces and passes the articles of impeachment, but the Senate is where the person being impeached faces a trial.

The impeachment trial cannot be conducted in a day- This will take weeks for the group of House lawmakers who will make the case against Trump and his lawyers to answer. Nonetheless, a trial can't practically happen until after Joe Biden is inaugurated on January 20.

This holds significant importance, being that a guilty verdict would bar Trump from ever holding public office in the future, preventing a potential run in 2024.