<span style="color: #222222;">Donald Trump has become the third US President in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether he remains in office.<br />'' <br />'' The House voted on two charges – that the President abused his power and that he had obstructed Congress.<br />'' <br />'' Nearly all Democrats voted for the charges and every Republican against.<br />'' <br />'' President Trump's Republicans control the Senate so it is highly unlikely he will be removed from power.<br />'' <br />'' The White House released a statement saying that the President was confident that he will be fully exonerated in a Senate trial.<br />'' <br />'' Earlier, the House of Representatives where the Democrats are in a majority, held a lengthy debate whether to impeach him on these charges.<br />'' <br />'' The vote for the first article of impeachment, abuse of power, was passed 230-197 and the second, for obstruction of Congress, 229-198.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were other two former Presidents who had been impeached. </span><br />