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Trump’s First Impeachment Win

The House’s resolution should have been the easiest for Republicans to go along with. None of them did.
Source: Tom Brenner / Reuters

So this is how the impeachment of President Donald Trump is going to go.

The House this morning cast its first vote in a process that could lead to just the third Senate impeachment trial of a president in U.S. history. When Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier this week, there was at least some promise of drama: Which House Democrats would defect? How many Republicans might defy Trump to back a formal impeachment inquiry

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