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US House of Representatives impeaches Trump
The US House of Representatives has voted to impeach US President Donald Trump.
Congressmen approve indictment of Trump for inciting insurrection .
The question was adopted by a majority of Democratic Party representatives (222), with ten Republicans also voting in favor.
In total, 232 members of the House supported Trump's impeachment. 197 congressmen voted against, all of them representing Republicans.
Trump's removal must now be considered by the Senate, which is in recess until January 19; the current US president's powers expire on January 20.
- On January 12, Trump, as Bloomberg wrote, “ denied any responsibility” for the events of January 6, and called impeachment a “witch hunt.”
- On the evening of January 13, during a House of Representatives session, Fox News aired a statement from Trump calling for “all Americans to remain calm.”
- "In light of reports of new demonstrations, I urge that there be no violence, no lawbreaking, and no vandalism. That is not what I stand for, and that is not what America stands for," the channel's website quoted Trump as saying.