House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer walks on Capitol Hill in Washington
US President Donald Trump faced further humiliation today as leading Republicans deserted him in the House and YouTube suspended him.
Mr Trump was on the verge of being impeached for a second time in an unprecedented House vote, a week after he encouraged a mob of loyalists to “fight like hell” against election results just before they stormed the Washington’s Capitol building in a deadly siege.
While Mr Trump’s first impeachment in 2019 brought no Republican votes in the House, a small but significant number, including third-ranking House leader Liz Cheney of Wyoming, broke with the party to join Democrats, saying that Mr Trump had violated his oath to protect and defend US democracy.
ANDREW MURRAY looks back on the ignominious career of the former US vice-president, who died earlier this week
