Donald Trump impeachment looks likely this week
But Republican-led Senate is unlikely to vote for conviction, which will require a two-thirds majority
16 December 2019 - 17:18
Washington — Republican Donald Trump is likely this week to become the third US president to be impeached when the Democratic-led House of Representatives votes on charges stemming from his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden.
Trump faces one charge of abusing his power by asking Ukraine to investigate Biden, a leading Democratic contender to oppose him in the 2020 US presidential election, and one of obstructing Congress’s investigation into the matter...
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