Lawmakers were also bracing for more violence ahead of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, January 20
The U.S. House pressed forward toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the deadly Capitol attack, taking time only to try to persuade his Vice-President to push him out first. Mr. Trump showed no remorse, blaming impeachment for the “tremendous anger” in America.
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Already scheduled to leave office next week, Mr. Trump is on the verge of becoming the only President in history to be twice impeached. His incendiary rhetoric at a rally ahead of the Capitol uprising is now in the impeachment charge against him, even as the falsehoods he spread about election fraud are still being championed by some Republicans.
As lawmakers reconvened at the Capitol for the first time on January 12 since the bloody siege, they were also bracing for more violence ahead of Democratic President-elect Joe…