Donald Trump should be impeached because he poses a “continuing threat” to US national security, a senior Democrat insisted on Sunday ahead of what is expected to be a historic lawmakers’ vote against the US president.
The US House of Representatives is expected to vote within days to send Mr Trump for trial in the Senate, in what would be only the third such action against a US president after Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998. The move towards a vote comes after the House judiciary committee on Friday split along party lines to approve two articles of impeachment against Mr Trump, the 45th president.
Jerrold Nadler, the New York Democrat who heads the House judiciary committee, on Sunday said the House had to impeach Mr Trump because he remained a threat to US elections and democracy.