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Trump faces impeachment vote tomorrow

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Key Points

  • Donald Trump faces twin moves to force him out of office: a Constitutional push and impeachment.
  • Vice-President Mike Pence says he will not use the 25th Amendment to oust Trump.  
  • At least three House Republicans say they would vote in favour of impeaching Trump. 
  • In his first appearance since the riots, Trump said his speech beforehand was appropriate.
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That's all for today

We will be back tomorrow with more from the final days of the Trump presidency. Here's what happened today:

  • The House voted to demand that Vice-President Mike Pence use the Constitution's 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump from office, a largely symbolic act leading up to a vote on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) to impeach the president for a second time.
  • Pence said every American was "shocked and saddened" by the riots in the Capitol last week but that does not justify removing Trump.
  • Trump dismissed Democrat moves to impeach him if the 25th amendment bid fails as a hoax.
  • Three Republicans in the House have now announced they will vote to impeach Donald Trump, cleaving the leadership of the President's party.
  • Trump visited the US-Mexico border in Texas trumpeting one of the pillars of his presidency: his campaign against illegal immigration and building a wall along the southern border.
  • Top US officials abruptly cancelled international travel this week out of concern foreign adversaries could exploit a historic political crisis.
  • YouTube suspended President Donald Trump from uploading new videos to his official account for at least a week.
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