Brendan Smialowski/AFP/GettyThe House of Representatives voted on Wednesday evening to impeach President Donald Trump, making him the third president to be impeached by the full House in the country’s history.Lawmakers approved the first article of impeachment—alleging Trump abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to do him political favors—by a margin of 230 to 197. One Democrat, Rep. Collin Peterson (MN), and one soon-to-be Republican, Rep. Jeff Van Drew (NJ), joined every single House Republican in voting no. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, the Hawaii Democrat and 2020 presidential candidate, voted “present.”The second article of impeachment, which charged that Trump obstructed a congressional …read more
Source:: The Daily Beast
