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The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a new attempt to impeach President Donald Trump this Friday, dismissing a resolution for impeachment introduced by Democratic Congressman Al Green, which again lacked majority support even within his own party.
The vote concluded with 237 lawmakers in favor of tabling the resolution and 140 against it, while 47 Democrats voted "present," indicating a lack of internal consensus to proceed with an impeachment process, reported the news agency AP.
It is the second setback this year for Green, who had previously pushed for a similar measure in June without success.
Before the vote, the Democratic leadership in the House refrained from openly supporting the initiative.
In a statement, the minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, and his deputies argued that impeachment is a "sacred" constitutional mechanism that requires thorough investigations, which—according to them—have not been conducted.
Despite this, they did not call for a vote against and chose to abstain.
Green justified his proposal by arguing that Trump committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" during his second term.
The most recent resolution accused him of threatening Democratic lawmakers after a video was shared on social media targeting members of the Armed Forces.
In June, the congressman had promoted another impeachment for allegedly circumventing Congress after attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities.
From the Republican bloc, the initiative was dismissed as a baseless political attack.
The official account on X of the Republican Party in the House celebrated the defeat of the procedure and accused the Democrats of resorting to “desperate” maneuvers to obstruct the presidential agenda.
Trump was impeached twice during his first term, in 2019 and 2021, and in both cases he was acquitted by the Senate.
Meanwhile, Republicans have warned that the issue could resurface if the Democrats regain legislative majority, although the Democratic leaders themselves insist that there is no immediate plan to initiate a new process without prior investigation.
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