US Congress refused to impeach Trump

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The US House of Representatives by a majority vote rejected a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump, reports TASS.

Both Republicans and Democrats opposed this initiative. 364 congressman (of which 126 are Democrats) voted against the resolution and only 58 supported it.

It is reported that the democrat Al Green was the initiator of the impeachment document. According to him, the coming of Trump to power in the United States "led to the rooting of hatred and racism."

Thus, the legislator mentions that during the riots in the city of Charlottesville (Virginia) in August 2017 rebuked not only ultra-right activists and neo-Nazis, but their opponents, in the use of violence during the riots in August.

Impeachment provides for the prosecution of federal employees (including the President of the United States) accused of “high treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” The House of Representatives of Congress has the “exclusive prerogative” to formulate and bring charges, and trials take place in the Senate (upper House) presided over by the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. To remove a person from office, the charge must be supported by a two-thirds vote of the senators present.

In the United States, the impeachment procedure of the head of state was initiated three times. In 1868, President Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) was accused of illegally dismissing the Secretary of War, and Bill Clinton, who led the country from 1992 to 2000, was accused of perjury and obstruction of justice in 1998-1999, but both heads of state were acquitted by the Senate.

Richard Nixon, who was the American leader from 1969-1974, resigned before the start of the Senate hearings. He was threatened with impeachment in connection with a high-profile political scandal called Watergate.

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