Second impeachment of Donald Trump

Second impeachment of Donald Trump
Second impeachment of Donald Trump
	The House of Representatives votes to adopt the article of impeachment.
Accused	Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States
Proponents	Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House of Representatives); Steny Hoyer (House Majority Leader); Jim Clyburn (House Majority Whip); Liz Cheney (Chair of the House Republican Conference);
Date	January 13 ⁠–⁠ February 13, 2021; (1 month)
Outcome	Acquitted by the U.S. Senate
Charges	Incitement of insurrection;
Cause	Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election; Trump–Raffensperger phone call; January 6 United States Capitol attack;
Congressional votes
Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives
Accusation	Incitement of insurrection
Votes in favor	232
Votes against	197
Present	0
Not voting	4
Result	Approved
Voting in the U.S. Senate
Accusation	Incitement of insurrection
Votes in favor	57 "guilty"
Votes against	43 "not guilty"
Result	Acquitted (67 "guilty" votes necessary for a conviction)

Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, was impeached for the second time on January 13, 2021, one week before his term expired. It was the fourth impeachment of a U.S. president, and the second for Trump after his first impeachment in December 2019.^[1]^[2]

The House of Representatives of the 117th U.S. Congress adopted one article of impeachment against Trump of "incitement of insurrection", stating that he had incited the January 6 attack of the U.S. Capitol. The House impeachment managers formally triggered the start of the impeachment trial on January 25 by delivering to the Senate the charge against Trump.^[3] The trial in the Senate was scheduled to start on February 9.^[4] The trial was the first of its kind for a departed U.S. president, with Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Trump having been the subjects of the prior impeachment trials. Many Republican senators challenged the validity of holding an impeachment trial for a president no longer in office while proponents cited the Senate's 1876 trial of William W. Belknap, the Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant, who was impeached but not convicted after resigning from office immediately prior to a House vote on his impeachment.^[5] At the trial, 57 senators voted "guilty", which was less than the two-thirds majority needed (67) to convict Trump, and 43 senators voted "not guilty", resulting in Trump being acquitted of the charges on February 13, 2021.^[6]

In August 2023, Trump was twice indicted for the conduct at issue in his impeachment, once in Georgia and once federally.

^ Fandos, Nicholas (January 8, 2021). "How to Impeach a President in 12 Days: Here's What It Would Take". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
^ Honig, Elie (December 23, 2019). "The Trump administration is hiding something". CNN. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
^ Herb, Jeremy; Raju, Manu (January 25, 2021). "House delivers impeachment article to Senate". CNN. Archived from the original on February 9, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
^ Knott, Matthew (January 23, 2021). "Trump's Senate impeachment trial to begin in two weeks". The Age. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
^ Cite error: The named reference Williams was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Gregorian, Dareh (February 13, 2021). "Trump acquitted in impeachment trial; 7 GOP Senators vote with Democrats to convict". NBC News. Retrieved February 13, 2021.

[1] Fandos, Nicholas (January 8, 2021). "How to Impeach a President in 12 Days: Here's What It Would Take". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

[2] Honig, Elie (December 23, 2019). "The Trump administration is hiding something". CNN. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.

[delivery-3] Herb, Jeremy; Raju, Manu (January 25, 2021). "House delivers impeachment article to Senate". CNN. Archived from the original on February 9, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.

[date-4] Knott, Matthew (January 23, 2021). "Trump's Senate impeachment trial to begin in two weeks". The Age. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.

[Williams-5] Cite error: The named reference Williams was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[6] Gregorian, Dareh (February 13, 2021). "Trump acquitted in impeachment trial; 7 GOP Senators vote with Democrats to convict". NBC News. Retrieved February 13, 2021.

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