Trump Passes Impeachment Smoothly Following Russia Special Counsel Investigation (Summary)

Impeachment Crisis Ends... Predictably Mild Outcome
Trump to Announce Position Tomorrow

John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, declared the rejection of the impeachment bill against President Donald Trump at the Senate plenary session held on the 5th (local time). [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] As expected, it was a lackluster battle. The impeachment bill against U.S. President Donald Trump over the 'Ukraine scandal' was ultimately rejected by the U.S. Senate on the 5th (local time). The impeachment crisis against President Trump ended that day.

The Senate held a plenary session at 4 p.m. that day and voted separately on two articles of impeachment against President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress,

rejecting both with votes of 52-48 and 53-47. It was about 20 days since the impeachment bill was sent to the Senate on the 15th of last month and 49 days since the House of Representatives passed the impeachment bill.

Although the dishonor of being the third U.S. president to be impeached by the House remains, following Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998, it had no effect on President Trump's position.

Republican Senator Mitt Romney, who expressed support for the impeachment before the vote, defected, but as expected, it had no impact on the Senate vote results controlled by the Republican Party.

President Trump, having safely passed the impeachment crisis following the special counsel investigation related to the Russia scandal that began shortly after his inauguration, has secured political leadership in the final year of his term and can now embark on a full-fledged campaign for re-election.

President Trump is scheduled to announce his position on the impeachment rejection at the White House at 12 p.m. on the 6th.

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