Trump became the third US president to be impeached after the House of Representatives passed a clause accusing him of abusing his power and obstructing Congress.

The 435 members of the US House of Representatives controlled by the Democratic Party today voted to pass two terms of impeachment of President Donald Trump for abusing power and obstructing Congress, paving the way for the opening of the Presidential trial in Upper institute.

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US President Donald Trump at the campaign in Michigan state on 18/12 Photo: AFP

The US House of Representatives passed the first provision impeaching Trump for abuse of power with 230 votes in favor and 197 votes against, making him the third president in US history to be impeached.

The MPs then continued to vote on the impeachment clause Trump obstructed a congressional investigation of his alleged pressure on Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden with 229 votes and 198 votes. Biden is the Democratic candidate and Trump's biggest opponent in the 2020 presidential election.

After the two impeachment terms are passed by the House of Representatives, the trial will be held by the Senate next month, where senators will consider condemning and dismissing Trump. However, observers believe that the possibility of Trump being deposed is impossible because the Senate is currently controlled by the Republican party.

Reacting to the results of voting in the House of Representatives, Trump criticized the Democrats for being "filled with hatred". "While we create jobs and fight for Michigan, the leftists in parliament are full of envy, hatred and rage. You will see what is going to happen. These people are crazy." crazy, "Trump said during the Michigan campaign, adding that Democrats are" trying to neutralize the votes of tens of millions of patriotic Americans ".

The US House of Representatives opened an impeachment investigation in Trump in September after accepting a charge of an anonymous person. Democrats accuse Trump of jeopardizing the U.S. Constitution, national security and undermining the fairness of the 2020 election when pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to force the country to investigate Joe Biden and his son. Hunter boy.

The House Intelligence Committee released a 300-page impeachment investigation report on December 3, saying evidence of Trump's misconduct and congressional Congress was "very strong".

Trump will only be deposed if two-thirds of the senators vote against him, but this is unlikely. There are two US presidents who have been impeached before Trump. President Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998 for a scandal with the White House intern at Monica Lewinsky but was acquitted in the Senate. President Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868 but was not convicted in the Senate.

Trump on December 13 called the impeachment investigation aimed at him "a hoax, a lie" and said he had done nothing wrong in a phone conversation with the Ukrainian President in July.