Donald Trump becomes first US president to be impeached for a second time

The impeachment vote was cast on a single charge of “incitement of insurrection” drawn up after a violent mob stormed the US Capitol on January 6. 

Donald Trump will make history if he becomes the first US president to be impeached twice. Picture: AP/Gerald Herbert

President Donald Trump has been impeached by the US House of Representatives for a historic second time.

Mr Trump was charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office.