After weeks of momentous congressional hearings, the House Judiciary Committee voted Friday to impeach President Donald Trump, sending the two articles of impeachment to the full House, where Trump would become the third president in U.S. history to be impeached. The House floor vote would come before lawmakers adjourn for the holidays this month, setting up a Senate trial in January. Friday’s party-line committee vote, 23-17, had been postponed from Thursday, when committee members debated late into the night on the second day of markup hearings. Republicans dragged out the hearing with the introduction of long-shot amendments to the two articles of impeachment, unveiled by House Democrats Tuesday. After several marathon days of testimony from former and current U.S. officials in November, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released a detailed report last week, laying out “overwhelming” evidence of misconduct by Trump.

Source: Huffington Post December 13, 2019 15:10 UTC