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 (H.Res. 24)
Accused	Donald Trump, 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, 2021 to February 13, 2021
Outcome	Impeached by the House of Representatives; found not guilty by the Senate
Charges	Incitement of insurrection;
Cause	Trump–Raffensperger phone call; Accused incitement of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol;
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
Votes against	43
Result	Acquitted

Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, was impeached for a second time by the United States House of Representatives on January 13, 2021.^[1] This made Trump the only president to be impeached twice. After the impeachment, a trial happened in the United States Senate. It happened after his presidency ended.^[2] The Senate voted that Trump was not guilty, with only 57 guilty votes. Over two thirds (67) votes were needed for Trump to be found guilty.^[3]

Background

After the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters on January 6, 2021, many government officials said that Trump had told them to do it. Because of this, Members of Congress from both the Democratic Party wanted to remove Trump from his office as President of the United States. Most Republicans still support the President.^[4]

Twenty-fifth amendment

Firstly, they wanted Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution to be used by Vice President Mike Pence, which would remove office from Trump immediately. If he didn't do this, they said they would impeach him in the House of Representatives and convict him in the Senate instead. Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment was also talked about.^[5]

Impeachment plans

As of January 8, Democrats planned to push for an impeachment resolution on January 11.^[6] By late January 9, it was said that Pence had not ruled out that he might use the 25th Amendment.^[7] On January 11, an Article of Impeachment saying that Trump caused the "lawless action at the Capitol" began in the United States House of Representatives.^[8]

On January 13, the House voted to impeach Trump.

House votes

Voting results on House Resolution 24
(Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors)
Party	Article I (Incitement of insurrection)
Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not voting
Democrats (222)	222	–	–	–
Republicans (211)	10	197	–	4
Total (433)^[a]	232	197	-	4
Result: Adopted

↑ At the time of the House vote, two seats were vacant: Louisiana 5 and New York 22.

Senate votes

Verdict in Senate
Party	Article I (incitement of insurrection)
Party	Guilty	Not guilty
Democrats (48)	48	–
Republicans (50)	7	43
Independent (2)	2	–
Total (100)	57	43
Result: Not guilty^[a]

↑ Based on a two-thirds majority to convict.

Related pages

First impeachment of Donald Trump

References

↑ "House impeaches Trump again". Yahoo. 13 January 2021.
↑ "House impeaches Trump for the second time, focus shifts to Senate trial". The Los Angeles Times. 13 January 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
↑ Greve, Joan; Armen Graham, Bryan; Belam, Belam. "emocrats fail to secure enough votes to convict Trump in historic second impeachment trial". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
↑ "Capitol riot: Democrats seek Trump's removal from office". BBC News. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
↑ WABC (2021-01-10). "Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'We came close to half of the House nearly dying' during riots". ABC7 New York. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
↑ Fox, Lauren, Manu Raju, Jeremy Herb and Daniella Diaz (8 January 2021). "Democratic momentum builds for potential fast-track impeachment next week". CNN. Retrieved 2021-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Acosta, Jim; Brown, Pamela (10 January 2021). "Pence has not ruled out 25th Amendment, source says". CNN. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
↑ Naylor, Brian (January 11, 2021). "Impeachment Resolution Cites Trump's 'Incitement' Of Capitol Insurrection". NPR. Retrieved January 11, 2021.

[9] At the time of the House vote, two seats were vacant: Louisiana 5 and New York 22.

[rejection-10] Based on a two-thirds majority to convict.

[1] "House impeaches Trump again". Yahoo. 13 January 2021.

[2] "House impeaches Trump for the second time, focus shifts to Senate trial". The Los Angeles Times. 13 January 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.

[3] Greve, Joan; Armen Graham, Bryan; Belam, Belam. "emocrats fail to secure enough votes to convict Trump in historic second impeachment trial". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

[4] "Capitol riot: Democrats seek Trump's removal from office". BBC News. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.

[:3-5] WABC (2021-01-10). "Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'We came close to half of the House nearly dying' during riots". ABC7 New York. Retrieved 2021-01-11.

[6] Fox, Lauren, Manu Raju, Jeremy Herb and Daniella Diaz (8 January 2021). "Democratic momentum builds for potential fast-track impeachment next week". CNN. Retrieved 2021-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[:2-7] Acosta, Jim; Brown, Pamela (10 January 2021). "Pence has not ruled out 25th Amendment, source says". CNN. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

[8] Naylor, Brian (January 11, 2021). "Impeachment Resolution Cites Trump's 'Incitement' Of Capitol Insurrection". NPR. Retrieved January 11, 2021.

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