Topline: Americans turned out across the country Tuesday night to march in support of President Trump’s impeachment, which the full House of Representatives is expected to vote on late Wednesday afternoon⁠—and, as the House is expected to vote in favor, would make Trump the third president in U.S. history to be impeached.

  • Some of the rallies were organized by Impeach.org, MoveOn.org and Common Cause, according to reports.
  • New York City’s Times Square was flooded with marchers Wednesday night, with one group unfurling a large banner printed with Article II, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, which lays out the grounds for a president’s impeachment.
  • In Los Angeles, Deadline reported that movie director Rob Reiner and actress Alyssa Milano rallied the assembled crowd, while in Raleigh, North Carolina, marchers sang “We Wish You A Good Impeachment” to the tune of “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.”
  • Other rallies were held in cities like San Francisco, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Denver and Houston, and marchers also braved freezing temperatures to rally in Maine and Alaska.
  • A small group of impeachment supporters turned up outside Trump’s Miami Doral resort.
  • The House of Representatives is expected to debate most of Wednesday before voting in the late afternoon whether to impeach Trump.

Chief critic: Trump, who tweeted Wednesday morning: “Can you believe that I will be impeached today by the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats, AND I DID NOTHING WRONG!” Trump sent House speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday afternoon a six-page letter in which he excoriated Democrats over the impeachment inquiry, calling it “invalid” and a “partisan crusade.”

Key background: There are two articles of impeachment against Trump. The first, abuse of power, accuses the president of pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rivals. The second accuses him of obstructing Congress by refusing to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. The inquiry began in September with closed-door hearings from witnesses before progressing to public hearings. About a dozen witnesses who gave closed-door testimony also testified in public hearings, which concluded November 21. If the House votes to impeach Trump, he will join Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton as U.S. presidents who have been impeached.

What to watch for: The next step in the impeachment process after today’s House vote. If the House impeaches Trump, the Senate will hold a trial to decide whether to remove him from office.