WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four months after Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives released a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, the Senate is poised on Wednesday to acquit him on charges of abuse of power and blockage of Congress.
Trump, a Republican and only the 3rd president in U.S. history to be impeached by the House and tried by the Senate, faces a 4 p.m. (2100 GMT) vote that will determine whether he can complete his term as president or need to instantly turn over his workplace to Vice President Mike Pence.
While the vote will be historic, there is little doubt of the outcome as none of the Senate’s 53 Republicans have said they will vote to convict him.
It would take 67 of the 100 senators to oust the 45 th president from office – an action that has never ever be