President Donald Trump impeached
published : 19 Dec 2019 at 10:40
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Associated Press
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump was impeached by the US House of Representatives Wednesday night.
The historic vote took place over a charge that Trump abused the power of his office by asking a foreign government to investigate a political rival ahead of the 2020 election. The House then approved a second charge, that he obstructed Congress in its investigation.
The articles of impeachment now go to the Senate for trial. If Trump is acquitted by the Republican-led chamber, as expected, he still would have to run for reelection carrying the stain of impeachment.
The impeachment stems from Trump's July phone call when he asked the Ukrainian president for a "favour" -- to announce he was investigating Democrats including potential 2020 rival Joe Biden.
Trump is the third US president to be impeached.
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Vocabulary
- abuse of power: the illegal use of power in a bad, dishonest or harmful way - ใช้อำนาจในการกระทำผิดกฎหมาย
- acquittal: an official judgment in a court of law that someone is not guilty of the crime they were accused of - การตัดสินให้พ้นโทษ
- article: part of a legal document, agreement or law that deals with a particular point - มาตรา
- congress: the elected group of politicians who are responsible for making United States laws - รัฐสภาอเมริกา
- favour: a thing that you do to help somebody - ความช่วยเหลือ, ความเอื้อเฟื้อ
- historic: of historical importance - ที่สำคัญในประวัติศาสตร์
- House (of Representatives): the largest part of Congress in the US, or of the Parliament in Australia and Thailand - สภาผู้แทนราษฎร
- impeachment: the process of formally accusing a public official of a serious crime relating to their job - การกล่าวโทษเจ้าหน้าที่รัฐว่าทำผิดศีลธรรมหรือจรรยาบรรณ
- investigate: to try to find out the facts about something in order to learn the truth about it - ตรวจสอบหาความจริง
- obstruct: to make it difficult for something to happen or for someone to go somewhere - ขวางทาง
- potential: possible in the future - ที่อาจเป็นไปได้
- rival: a person you are competing against or opposing - คู่แข่ง
- Senate: one of the two groups of politicians who make laws in some countries, for example in the US, Australia, Canada and Thailand - วุฒิสภา
- stain (verb): to damage the opinion that people have of something - ทำให้เปรอะเปื้อน
- trial: the process of examining a case in a court of law and deciding whether someone is guilty (having committed a crime) or innocent (not having committed a crime) - การไต่สวนคดี
- Keywords
- president
- impeached
- impeachment
- phone call
