the united states house of
representatives has voted to impeach
president donald trump
for a second time trump was charged with
incitement of insurrection
following the storming of the capital by
his supporters last week
the president will now face a trial in
the senate but that appears unlikely to
happen
before he leaves office in a week from
now
this was the moment that made history
donald trump became the first u.s
president
ever to be impeached twice
on this vote the eyes are 232
the nays are 197.
the resolution is adopted without
objection the motion to reconsider is
laid upon the
table and this time it wasn't just
democrats who were in favor
ten members of trump's own republican
party also voted to impeach the
president
the president took an oath to defend the
constitution against
all enemies foreign and domestic
last week there was a domestic threat at
the door of the capital
and he did nothing to stop it that is
why with a heavy heart
and clear resolve i will vote yes
on these articles of impeachment
[Applause]
the impeachment proceedings moved at
breakneck speed
the result coming just a week after the
violence at the capitol
democrats were hoping to remove trump
from office just days before his term
ends but that would first require a
trial in the u.s senate
and there majority leader mitch
mcconnell has rejected a quick process
saying there is no chance of a fair or
serious trial
before the president leaves office
donald trump denies his fiery speech
last week and cited his supporters to
storm the u.s capitol building
shortly after his impeachment was
announced he released a video online
in which he distanced himself from the
violence
mob violence goes against everything i
believe in
and everything our movement stands for
no true supporter of mind could ever
endorse
political violence no true supporter of
mine could ever disrespect
law enforcement or our great american
flag
it's unclear if lawmakers will get the
two-thirds majority needed in the senate
to officially convict trump of
incitement of insurrection
but now it does seem clear that any
trial will take place once he's already
left office
well correspondent oliver salad joins us
from washington for more oliver welcome
trump has finally clearly denounced the
violence of his supporters last week at
the capitol but made
no mention of his impeachment what do we
make of that
well this is the condemnation we have
been waiting for and that was
essentially
expected on the day or the day after of
a
u.s president of course and it now came
a week after the riots and
first you remember donald trump sent out
those mixed messages like we're used to
hearing from him throughout his
presidency he said we love you you're
very special addressing his followers
after he incited a violent mob to take
on the capital where five people were
killed he then later
told that crowd to remain peaceful and
now condemns the violence a week later
but still as you mentioned earlier no
congratulations for instance for joe
biden
for winning the presidency no acceptance
of his defeat
and also he did not mention the
impeachment proceeding against him with
a single word so the democrats are now
saying
this is simply too little too late
mr trump has made history oliver by
becoming the only u.s president to be
impeached
twice and this time with bipartisan
support how significant
is the latter point
it is very significant um those were
only 10 votes of the republican party
that
voted in favor of impeaching donald
trump but if you consider
how close the ranks of the republicans
were throughout donald trump's
presidency
and if you compare this to the first
impeachment uh trial and
proceeding earlier um then of course you
can tell that the ranks are not as close
anymore that support for donald trump
crumbles and the party is right now
really in a face without a certain
direction with no
with no clear vision and is facing big
challenges especially
where are the republicans headed without
donald trump
so the next step oliver is is a trial in
the senate but he only has seven days
left in
office how does this proceed from here
well this is going to be the first trial
after a president has already departed
so
just imagine that the trial will take
place without
donald trump being president it will be
joe biden that had that has never
happened before the democrats will then
hold the majority in senate they can
shape the rule of the trial
there will be a certain advantage for
them but remember you need two-thirds in
senate
to convict a president and they don't
have that the democrats so it's unlikely
he will get convicted
but it will certainly be a statement and
one for the history books
six days now until inauguration and
security precautions are being ramped up
but one could argue this is the case
very much of closing the stable door
after the horse has bolted here
well that's right and i mean if you just
imagine how washington dc feels like at
this point
the whole capitol hill area is cordoned
off there are fences with razor wire
really surrounding the whole capital and
in a large part of the downtown area
20 000 soldiers on the streets this is
more than
than in afghanistan really it's a
surreal atmosphere
the whole downtown area also under
lockdown
so dc seems safe right now at this point
but of course
the problem is that the fbi is concerned
about violent protests
throughout the whole country and the
concern
is then that it's not everywhere as safe
as it might seem right now in washington
dc d.c
oliver sellett in washington thanks so
much