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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 article of impeachment addressed Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results (including his claims of election fraud and his efforts to pressure election officials in Georgia) and stated that Trump incited the attack on the Capitol in Washington, D.C., while Congress was convened to count the electoral votes and ...
The January 6 United States Capitol attack was followed by political, legal, and social repercussions. The second impeachment of Donald Trump, who was charged for incitement of insurrection for his conduct, occurred on January 13.
Impeachment seems unlikely, with Republicans controlling both the House and Senate and so far, showing little appetite to defy Trump. Jailing a sitting president is a practical impossibility.
Donald Trump is a master at postponing legal accountability, but two cases targeting the ex-president and his orbit now in the penalty phase show that when the law finally exacts its price, the ...
Representative Al Green, a Democrat from Texas, is set to launch his latest impeachment bid against President Donald Trump this week over his plan to “take over” Gaza. If successful, it would ...
The permissibility of trying a former official was a major issue in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, which commenced 20 days after Trump's term in office expired, although Trump's impeachment itself occurred while he was president. By a 55–45 vote, the Senate rejected a motion asserting that the trial was unconstitutional.
On January 13, 2021, when the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection against the government, it marked the first time in the country’s history ...