		<div class="wpcnt">
			<div class="wpa">
				<span class="wpa-about">Advertisements</span>
				<div class="u top_amp">
							<amp-ad width="300" height="265"
		 type="pubmine"
		 data-siteid="111265417"
		 data-section="1">
		</amp-ad>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div><p>Russian president Vladimir Putin has said US President Donald Trump&#8217;s impeachment is far-fetched.</p>
<p>Mr Putin said on Thursday at his annual news conference in Moscow that the move is a continuation of the Democrats&#8217; fight against Mr Trump.</p>
<p>He predicted the impeachment motion will be rejected by the US Senate.</p>
<p>Mr Putin said that &#8220;the party that lost the election is continuing the fight by other means&#8221;.</p>
<p>He likened the impeachment to the earlier US probe into Mr Trump&#8217;s collusion with Russia, which he downplayed as being groundless.</p>
<p>On Wednesday night, Mr Trump was impeached by the US House of Representatives, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the Constitution&#8217;s ultimate remedy for high crimes and misdemeanours.</p>
<p>The historic vote split along party lines, much the way it has divided the nation, over the charges that the 45th president abused the power of his office by enlisting a foreign government to investigate a political rival ahead of the 2020 election.</p>
<p>Having approved that abuse of power charge by a vote of 230 for to 197 against, the House then approved the second article of the impeachment resolution &#8211; that Mr Trump obstructed Congress in its investigation &#8211; by 229 votes to 198.</p>
<p>The articles of impeachment, the political equivalent of an indictment, now go to the Senate for trial, most likely in January.</p>
<p>Mr Trump is expected to be acquitted by the Republican-led chamber, but would still then have to run for re-election carrying the enduring mark of impeachment on his purposely disruptive presidency.</p>
<p>Democrats led Wednesday night&#8217;s voting, framed in what many said was their duty to protect the Constitution and uphold the nation&#8217;s system of checks and balances.</p>
<p>Republicans stood by their party&#8217;s leader, who has frequently tested the bounds of civic norms.</p>
<p>Mr Trump called the whole affair a &#8220;witch hunt,&#8221; a &#8220;hoax&#8221; and a &#8220;sham&#8221;.</p>
<p>Mr Trump began the historic day tweeting his anger at the proceedings, before heading for an evening rally in Battle Creek, Michigan.</p>
<p>As the House debated the articles of impeachment, Mr Trump&#8217;s tweets switched to all capital letters: <em>&#8220;SUCH ATROCIOUS LIES BY THE RADICAL LEFT, DO NOTHING DEMOCRATS. THIS IS AN ASSAULT ON AMERICA, AND AN ASSAULT ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!!&#8221;</em> he wrote.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">SUCH ATROCIOUS LIES BY THE RADICAL LEFT, DO NOTHING DEMOCRATS. THIS IS AN ASSAULT ON AMERICA, AND AN ASSAULT ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!!</p>
<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1207355923573989376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
<p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<p>At the rally, a defiant Mr Trump pumped his fist before an enthusiastic crowd, boasted of &#8220;tremendous support&#8221; in the Republican Party and said: <em>&#8220;By the way it doesn&#8217;t feel like I&#8217;m being impeached.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>House speaker Nancy Pelosi, once reluctant to lead Democrats into a partisan impeachment, now risks her majority and speakership to hold the president accountable.</p>
<p>What Ms Pelosi called a sad and solemn moment for the country, coming just 11 months after Democrats swept control of the House, actually unfolded in a caustic day-long session that showcased the nation&#8217;s divide.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Today we are here to defend democracy for the people,&#8221;</em> Ms Pelosi said as she opened the debate.</p>
<p>The impeachment resolution stated: <em>&#8220;President Trump used the powers of the Presidency in a manner that compromised the national security of the United States and undermined the integrity of the United States democratic process.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>The resolution said the president &#8220;betrayed the nation by abusing his high office to enlist a foreign power in corrupting democratic elections,&#8221; and that he obstructed Congress&#8217; oversight like &#8220;no president&#8221; in US history.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;President Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office,&#8221;</em> it said.</p>
<p>The House impeachment resolution laid out in stark terms the articles of impeachment against Mr Trump stemming from his July phone call when he asked the Ukrainian president for a &#8220;favour&#8221; &#8211; to announce he was investigating Democrats including potential 2020 rival Joe Biden.</p>
<p>At the time, Mr Zelenskiy, new to politics and government, was seeking a coveted White House visit to show backing from the US as he confronted a hostile Russia at his border.</p>
<p>He was also counting on 391 million dollars (£298 million) in military aid already approved by Congress.</p>
<p>The White House delayed the funds, but Mr Trump released the money once Congress intervened.</p>
			<div style="padding-bottom:15px;" class="wordads-tag" data-slot-type="belowpost">
				<div id="atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2ca080f96">
					<script type="text/javascript">
						window.getAdSnippetCallback = function () {
							if ( false === ( window.isWatlV1 ?? false ) ) {
								// Use Aditude scripts.
								window.tudeMappings = window.tudeMappings || [];
								window.tudeMappings.push( {
									divId: 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2ca080f96',
									format: 'belowpost',
								} );
							}
						}

						if ( document.readyState === 'loading' ) {
							document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', window.getAdSnippetCallback );
						} else {
							window.getAdSnippetCallback();
						}
					</script>
				</div>
			</div>
Discover more from London Glossy Post
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
