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US House votes to send Trump impeachment articles to Senate

"This is as serious as it gets for any of us," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the chamber shortly before the vote. "It's not political, it's not...

Pelosi has withheld the articles since the House impeachment vote in December, in a bid to press Republicans for fair trial rules.

The moves comes in the wake of the US military strike that killed top Iran commander Soleimani.

Trump lauded House Republicans for remaining in lockstep against impeachment as a few Democrats crossed the aisle to oppose it.

The letter sent by Pelosi on Friday begins with a pointed reminder to Trump of the "separation of powers" enshrined in the US Constitution.

Trump said he had been deprived of basic constitutional due process from the beginning of this "impeachment scam" right up until the present.

"Tomorrow the House of Representatives will exercise one of the most solemn powers granted to us by the Constitution: said Pelosi

But US labor groups and Pelosi's Democrats had voiced skepticism over the Mexican government's ability to enforce the new rules.