After the deadly attack on the US Capitol on January 6, lawmakers in the House of Representatives called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump for inciting the violent attacks that day.

As the raid on the Capitol advanced and continued, Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) drew up articles of impeachment, where Congress would soon vote to impeach the incumbent president on January 13, a week before leaving office.

Trump was previously impeached on December 18, 2019 on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress after attempting to meddle in the elections he would later lose, after asking Ukrainian officials to assist his win.

Although the then- republican-controlled Senate partisanly acquitted him from the charges, he will now face a trial in a democrat-controlled Senate after Georgia gained democrats two seats, giving them full control of the House.

Arguments on whether to pass the impeachment articles or not went on for hours on Wednesday, January 13, as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle tried to convince each other to either pass the charges or forget the impeachment articles all together.

Key-note republican speakers Representatives Matt Gaetz (FL-1) and Lauren Boebert (CO-3) argued that Trump did nothing wrong but “rightfully challenge questionable election results.”

Democrat representatives such as Cori Bush (MO-1) and El Paso’s own Veronica Escobar (TX-16) argued that Trump’s speech was treasonous and seditious, as he called for the results to be overturned in an election he lost, fanning the flames that led to the fatal attacks on the Capitol.

The final vote of impeaching the president won with 232-197 votes, with all democratic representatives and 10 republican representatives voting to pass.

The signed articles of impeachment will be passed on to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on January 25, where they will begin the trial to either convict Trump of inciting violence on Capitol grounds or acquit him once more.

The process of a second impeachment has become highly questionable among law experts and professors, citing that the purpose of impeachment in the Constitution is to remove a sitting president, not remove one who no longer holds office.

Loretto Government and Economics teacher, Mr. Gad said, “A lot of Dems are arguing that the impeachment process was triggered while Trump was in office, so they have the jurisdiction to have a trial and then convict him.”

Mr. Gad also said, “Republicans and some legal experts are arguing that it should not be allowed, because the Constitution is not really worded that way in Article II, it kind of just seems like an extension with legal interpretation that has no precedent.”

Even if he is acquitted once more, he is still the only president in US history to ever be impeached twice, beating former presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton.

As Americans welcome the new President Biden and Vice-President Harris on Wednesday, January 20, they will also wait to see whether Trump will be held accountable for the charges brought against him, sealing the deeply controversial legacy of one-term president Donald Trump.