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Added on the 17/12/2019 17:53:10 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with supporters and waves goodbye as he departs the South Lawn for a 'Merry Christmas rally' in Battle Creek, Michigan. He leaves Washington, DC, as lawmakers debate two articles of impeachment against him ahead of a vote on the House floor. IMAGES
Images of the White House in Washington, DC as President Donald Trump faces becoming only the third US leader ever to be impeached. Ahead of the vote in the US House of Representatives, Trump went on Twitter to once again insist that he has done "nothing wrong". IMAGES
US President Joe Biden's immigration chief escapes impeachment over the border crisis by a razor-thin margin, in a show of support that left House Republicans two votes short of the total they needed to force a Senate trial. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has long been in Republicans' crosshairs over what they describe as a humanitarian crisis, with record numbers of mainly South and Central Americans trying to enter the United States from neighboring Mexico. IMAGES
Brazil's former President and presidential candidate for the leftist Workers Party (PT), Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, meets with evangelical church representatives in Sao Paulo. Lula will face incumbent right-wing candidate for reelection Jair Bolsonaro in the October 30 runoff. IMAGES
A bipartisan majority of lawmakers in the House of Representatives votes to impeach Donald Trump seven days from the end of his term. IMAGES