Is it a wise move to try to impeach Donald Trump again?

The decision to seek to remove the president from office is not a simple one, writes Chris Stevenson

Donald Trump is facing an attempt to remove him from office (AFP via Getty)

So here we go again, another effort to remove Donald Trump from office is under way – with the current president looking likely to be the first White House incumbent to be impeached twice.

Democrats in the House of Representatives have charged him with one count of “incitement of insurrection” over the riot at the US Capitol last week – with Trump having already become the third president in US history to be impeached by the House of Representatives but acquitted in a Senate trial. That was over two counts laid down around 12 months ago: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. That is quite the record.

With less than two weeks left in his term, Trump may be impeached again but he will certainly not face a trial in the Senate before Joe Biden replaces him in the Oval Office.  The House is expected to take up the impeachment resolution on Wednesday or Thursday, after first trying to convince vice president Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment of the US constitution to remove and replace Trump (Pence has signalled no intention towards doing so).