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Trump’s second impeachment is the most bipartisan one in history

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Staff writer
January 13, 2021 at 6:04 p.m. EST
The House of Representatives voted on Jan. 13 to impeach President Trump a second time after the deadly U.S. Capitol breach. (Video: The Washington Post, Photo: Melina Mara/The Washington Post)

Less than a year ago, President Trump made history as the only president to have a member of his own party vote to convict him in a Senate impeachment trial. It was a lone vote, from Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), but still historic.

On Wednesday, Trump made history again in this regard — not just as the only president to be impeached twice by the House but by having done so with what was again the most bipartisan vote in history.