The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making him just the third president to be impeached in U.S. history.
The vote on the first article was 230-197, with all but two Democrats voting in favor, and all Republicans opposed. The House approved the second article on a vote of 229-198. One Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden, voted for the first article and against the second one. Another Democrat, Tulsi Gabbard, voted “present,” and one independent, Justin Amash, voted in favor of both articles.
The articles accuse Trump of abusing his office by pressuring Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. Trump is alleged to have withheld $391 million in military aid to the country as he sought to get Ukraine’s president to announce an investigation of former vice president Joe Biden, the Democratic frontrunner. He is also accused of ignoring stonewalling the impeachment inquiry by directing executive branch employees to ignore House subpoenas.
