美国政坛迎来历史性时刻？众院司法委投票通过弹劾特朗普条款

当地时间13日，美国众议院司法委员会投票表决通过针对总统特朗普的两项弹劾条款。

委员会当天上午依次通过滥用职权和妨碍国会调查两项弹劾条款，表决结果均为23票赞成、17票反对。

没有共和党人投出赞成票，也没有民主党人投出反对票。

阅读此前报道：几乎以一己之力引爆特朗普弹劾案的CIA官员，他的告密信里写了什么…

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment by approving two charges against him over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden.

A divided House Judiciary Committee voted 23-17 along party lines to approve articles of impeachment charging Trump with abusing the power of his office over the Ukraine scandal and obstructing House Democrats' attempts to investigate him for it. 

The articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump lie on the clerk's desk after the House Judiciary Committee voted on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2019. /Reuters Photo

这是美国历史上众议院司法委员会第四次表决通过针对总统的弹劾条款，前三位总统分别是安德鲁·约翰逊、理查德·尼克松和比尔·克林顿。

Trump is expected to become the third U.S. president to be impeached when the full Democratic-led House votes on the charges, likely next week, setting up a trial in the Republican-controlled Senate. Trump's fellow Republicans have shown no signs of wanting to remove Trump from office. 

In congressional hearings that have gripped Washington, Democrats accused the president of endangering the U.S. Constitution, jeopardizing national security and undermining the integrity of the 2020 election by asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a July phone call to investigate Biden.

 Trump: "Impeachment is a hoax" 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2019. /AP Photo

在众议院司法委员会投票结束后，特朗普在白宫对记者说，“弹劾就是一场骗局，一个谎言……（我）什么都没做错。为这些无稽之谈而动用弹劾权，只会让这个国家难堪。”

"Impeachment is a hoax. It's a sham," Trump told reporters at the White House after the committee's vote. "There was nothing done wrong. To use the power of impeachment for this nonsense is an embarrassment to this country."

随后又连发数条推文，一边为自己辩护，一边攻击民主党人。

Republicans have defended Trump and accused Democrats of a politically motivated farce aimed at overturning his surprise 2016 presidential election victory.

白宫在回应中指责民主党人受党派利益驱使抹黑特朗普，称弹劾条款“没有根据”。

If impeached, Trump is due to go on trial in the Senate in January just as the 2020 presidential campaign, in which he is seeking re-election, picks up speed.

 What happens next? 

Member of the committee work during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., Dec. 13, 2019. /AP Photo

民主党人占多数的众议院拟于下周开始审议弹劾条款，并在审议结束后进行表决。

但凡有一项弹劾条款在众议院全院表决时获得简单多数支持，特朗普弹劾案就将进入共和党人占多数的参议院接受审理。

Tentative plans are in place for a debate in the full House of Representatives as soon as Wednesday followed by a vote that same day or Thursday on whether to approve the articles of impeachment and send Trump for trial. 

There must be 216 votes in favor for impeachment to go ahead. Democrats hold 233 seats, compared with 197 Republicans and one independent. 

在参议院，弹劾条款须获得至少三分之二参议员支持才能得到通过并使特朗普被解职。不过，参议院多数党领袖麦康奈尔认为特朗普不可能遭解职。

Twenty Republican senators would have to join all 45 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the Democrats to vote to remove Trump from office. 

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）此前评论称，特朗普认为自己是一位伟大的总统，并希望确保自己在历史记录中的位置。

弹劾案结果尚未可知，但可以确定的是，特朗普的名字如今已被载入史册——不管是不是以他希望的方式。

The trial would be presided over by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts. The length of the proceedings would depend on whether witnesses were called, a decision that is up to a majority vote in the chamber. Trump has signaled an interest in calling many witnesses, including Biden and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, believing a big trial would be good for Republicans. 

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