Trump is the only president to be impeached twice.

According to the article of impeachment, Trump “repeatedly issued false statements asserting that the presidential election results were fraudulent and should not be accepted”.

Ten Republicans, including the House’s top senior Republican, Liz Cheney of Wyoming, joined all Democrats to impeach Trump.

Impeachment may not force Trump from office, but the vote was an instant response from lawmakers in both parties furious at Trump after a deadly pro-Trump mob ransacked the US Capitol and put the lives of Vice President Mike Pence and lawmakers in danger last week. Trump won’t face trial until after President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in next week.

After the House vote, Trump released a video statement calling for calm as the threat of a new riot cast an impending danger on Washington. But he did not mention the historic impeachment. Trump never showed repentance for his role in the Captiol Hill siege.

What will happen next?

The Senate which is the upper chamber of the legislature will have to hold a trial. If convicted, Donald Trump could be barred from running for office ever again. A two-third majority is required in the Senate for the conviction to take place.

The Senate is divided equally between the two parties. The Democrats will need at least 17 Republicans to vote in favour of the article of impeachment. New York Times reported that nearly 20 Republicans are open to voting against Donald Trump. If a conviction doesn’t happen then the president is considered impeached but not removed from office.

Donald Trump was first impeached just a year ago over allegations of improperly seeking help from Ukraine to boost his chances of re-election. He was accused of seeking damaging information from the foreign country about his political rival Joe Biden. However, he was cleared by a majority of senators at his trial.

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BBC reports that lawmakers are expected to bring up a resolution asking Mr.Pence to invoke 25th amendment to declare the president unfit for office. Mr Trump could become the only president in US history to have been impeached twice.

Mr Pence is said to opposite the idea.

If he refuses, Democrats will vote to impeach Mr Trump who had urged supporters to march on the Capitol.

Donald Trump is due to leave office on January 20, when Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as president. Mr President has said he will not attend Mr Biden’s swearing-in ceremony.

House Democrats have vowed to move quickly with impeachment. To impeach, in this context, means to bring charges in Congress, and Ms Pelosi said Democrats could introduce a charge of “incitement of insurrection” against Mr Trump.

Ms Pelosi wrote to lawmakers saying the House of Representatives would present a resolution on Monday to formally request that Mr Pence invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which would allow Mr Pence to remove Mr Trump from the White House and become acting president.

The House could vote on the resolution on Tuesday. After that, Mr Pence and the cabinet would be given 24 hours to act before the House’s potential move toward impeachment.

“We will act with urgency because this president represents an imminent threat to both,” Ms Pelosi said in her letter on January 10. “The horror of the ongoing assault on our democracy perpetrated by this President is intensified and so is the immediate need for action.”

The aftershocks of the breaching of the US Capitol still lingers as a deep trauma after new horrific details about the last week’s outrage emerged, suggesting that an even worse tragedy was only narrowly averted.

The Republican President has been accused by Democrats and an increasing number of members of Republicans over the riot. Five people died in the attack, including a Capitol police officer.

Mr Trump is also banned from several social media platforms, including Twitter, on January 8.

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