DONALD Trump has unleashed a furious tirade at the “radical, do nothing Democrats” who are set to dramatically impeach him later today.
The US President made his angry outburst at his political opponents just hours before they forge ahead with their bid to boot him out of the White House.
Trump has been charged with two articles of impeachment that could see him ousted from office over claims he abused his power and obstructed Congress.
The President is facing accusations he abused his office by pressuring Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a telephone call to investigate the son of Joe Biden, his likely 2020 election rival.
It is also alleged he blocked officials testifying for the House investigation into this.
But defiant Trump insists he is being framed as part of an attempted coup.
And just hours before the Democrat run House of Representatives convened in their bid today to impeach him, the President laid bare his utter contempt for his opponents.
He tweeted: “Can you believe that I will be impeached today by the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats, AND I DID NOTHING WRONG!
“A terrible Thing. Read the Transcripts. This should never happen to another President again. Say a PRAYER!”
This was followed up with another tweet, in which he said: “They just wanted to get at the President.
“They had no intention of having a proper investigation.
“They couldn’t find any crimes so they did a vague abuse of power and abuse of Congress, which every administration from the beginning has done.”
Yet another tweet followed soon after, where he said: “It’s sad. Here’s a gentleman who came to the White House and all they had was never to let him have an easy breath.
“All they wanted to do is impeach him. They started the day after he was elected, even the day after he was sworn in.”
The Twitter rant came after he fired off a six-page letter on the eve of the House debate and vote to top Democrat Nancy Pelosi in which he denounced the "vicious crusade" against him by his political opponents as a "coup".
He wrote: "More due process was afforded to those accused in the Salem Witch Trials."
Trump also described the move to impeach him as a "crusade" against him and an “unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power by Democrat Lawmakers, unequalled in nearly two and half centuries of American legislative history".
Specifically he accused top Democrat Nancy Pelosi of "spiteful actions" and "unfettered contempt" for America’s Founding Fathers.
What is impeachment and how does it work?
IMPEACHMENT is a formal charge of serious wrongdoing against a holder of public office in the United States.
It is one of the few ways a sitting president can be kicked out of the White House before an election.
The US Constitution states a president "shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanours".
The "sole power of impeachment" is held by the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Congress.
A simple majority is required – i.e. more than half of Representatives must vote to impeach the president.
Then the case would be tried by the Senate, the upper chamber of Congress, where a two-thirds majority is needed.
While the Senate is still controlled by the Republicans, with 53 of the 100 seats, the Democrats have control of the House of Representatives, with 235 of the 435 seats.
This means that it's possible for the House of Representatives to pass a vote to impeach the president.
However, a two-thirds majority of 67 Senators voting to impeach Trump would still be needed in the Senate when it is tried.
The allegations against Trump stem from a July call between him and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
A transcript of the call appeared to show Trump threatening to withhold military aid to Ukraine unless an investigation was launched into claims of corruption against Hunter Biden.
Biden is the son of Joe Biden, the former US vice president and currently the front runner to be the Democratic nominee to face Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
Hunter Biden previously served on the board of Burisma Holdings, the largest gas producer in Ukraine, while his father was overseeing anti-corruption work in the country on behalf of the US.
No evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Hunter Biden has been produced.
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