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One of the few Republican senators who voted to convict former president Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial for his role in the January 6 riot, said that the latest indictment showed ...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced House impeachment prosecutors will present the charge against former President Donald Trump on Monday. Politics live updates: Trump impeachment trial ...
The vote fell well short of the two-thirds vote needed to convict Trump as X Republicans joined all 50 Democrats in voting to convict the former president.
The House impeachment managers formally triggered the start of the impeachment trial on January 25 by walking across the Capitol and delivered to the Senate the charge against Trump. The nine managers were led into the Senate chamber by the lead impeachment manager, who read the article of impeachment. [ 1 ]
The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States (in office from 2017 to 2021), began on February 9, 2021, and concluded with his acquittal on February 13. Donald Trump had been impeached for the second time by the House of Representatives on January 13, 2021.
The articles of impeachment against President Trump. Under the U.S. Constitution, the House has the sole power of impeachment (Article I, Section 2, Clause 5), and after that action has been taken, the Senate has the sole power to hold the trial for all impeachments (Article I, Section 3, Clause 6).
House Democrats carried their article of impeachment against Donald Trump across the Capitol to the Senate. The trial will start Feb. 9.
[61] Schiff served as the lead impeachment manager during Trump's first impeachment trial. [62] The Biden administration said they would not take part in the public discussion. Democrats have billed the indictment as Trump being held accountable under the law. [63] [64] Democratic Representative Jamaal Bowman shouted "Get the hell out of here!"