The House Voted A Year Ago to Impeach Trump. Here’s What You Need to Know About That.

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🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Dec. 18 will mark one year since the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump.

Looking back, what happened "behind the scenes" of the impeachment proceedings? Fred Lucas, the chief national affairs correspondent for The Daily Signal and author of “Abuse of Power: Inside the Three-Year Campaign to Impeach Donald Trump,” joins "The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss it.

We also cover these stories:

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell referred to former Vice President Joe Biden as “president-elect” for the first time on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court voted to protect religious groups on Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by faith-based organizations in New Jersey and Colorado that sought relief from coronavirus restrictions.
After review of Federal Election Commission records, Fox News reported that Facebook and Twitter executives donated tens of thousands of dollars to Biden’s campaign, many of them giving the legal maximum of $2,800.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, December 16th. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:10.6	And I'm Riesse Del Judis.
0:12.1	December 18th marks the one year anniversary since the House voted to impeach President Donald Trump.
0:19.0	How did Democrats set up their crusade to impeach President Trump?
0:22.0	My colleague at the Daily Signal,
0:24.3	Fred Lucas, the chief national affairs correspondent for the Daily Signal,
0:27.8	and author of the book Abuse of Power, Inside the Three Year campaign to impeach
0:32.3	Donald Trump, joins me today on the podcast to discuss that and more.
0:36.5	And don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five star rating on Apple Podcasts and encourage others to subscribe.
0:46.0	Now, on to former Vice President
1:00.8	Joe Biden as President-elect for the first time on Tuesday.
1:05.4	Speaking on the Senate floor, McConnell congratulated Biden while also recognizing that
1:10.7	many Americans hoped for a different election outcome per Bloomberg quick takes.
1:16.0	Many millions of us had hoped the presidential election would yield a different result. But our system of government has processes to determine who will
1:27.8	be sworn in on January the 20th. The Electoral College has spoken. the
1:33.0	20th. The Electoral College has spoken.
1:36.0	So today I want to congratulate
1:38.0	President-elect Joe Biden.
1:40.0	The President-elect is no stranger to the Senate.
1:43.0	He's devoted himself to public service for many years.
1:47.0	I also want to congratulate the Vice President-elect, our colleague from California, Senator Harris.
1:53.0	Beyond our differences, all Americans can take pride
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