Trump Fears Third Impeachment If GOP Loses Midterms
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Followers of Donald Trump are confronted by police as they attack the US Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump was impeached a second time over his role in alleged efforts to block the transfer of power to President Joe Biden.
Photographer: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump warned fellow Republicans at a party gathering on Tuesday that if Democrats retake control of Congress in the November midterm elections, he would be impeached a third time. As it happens, Trump’s second impeachment was related to his actions exactly five years ago today.
On Jan. 6, 2021, the US Capitol was stormed by Trump’s followers. They had heard him repeat false claims of a stolen election and many sought to stop the peaceful transfer of power to Joe Biden, the winner. Some of those followers, federal prosecutors later alleged, wanted to capture and kill members of Congress. In scenes unprecedented in American history, lawmakers grabbed gas masks as loud booms echoed across the complex and Congressional security drew firearms inside the chambers of the American legislature as attackers flooded in.