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US House likely to consider Trump impeachment on Wednesday

The US House of Representatives expects to begin considering a second impeachment of Donald Trump on Wednesday, a top Democrat said on Monday after the president was formally accused of inciting insurrection ahead of last week’s storming of the Capitol.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told his fellow Democrats the chamber would start the impeachment proceedings on Wednesday if Vice President Mike Pence does not respond to a request to invoke the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution to remove Trump from office, a House aide said.

The passage of the impeachment proceedings would make Trump, a Republican, the only US president ever to be impeached twice...


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