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The inquiry process which preceded the first impeachment of Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States, was initiated by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on September 24, 2019, [1] after a whistleblower alleged that Donald Trump may have abused the power of the presidency.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announcing the launch of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump in September 2019. In modern practice, impeachment inquiries often are spurred by referrals by external investigative bodies, such as the Judicial Conference of the United States, an independent counsel, a grand jury or a state legislature.
Two days later, the full House approved both articles in a mostly party-line vote. [6] Trump is the third U.S. president in history to be impeached and the first to be impeached without support for the impeachment from his own party. The articles of impeachment were submitted to the Senate on January 16, 2020, initiating an impeachment trial ...
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She rules that an impeachment resolution voted on by the full House has never been required for House committees to perform an impeachment investigation. [ 196 ] The House subpoenas OMB officials Michael Duffey and Russell Vought , and Brechbuhl to testify in the impeachment inquiry on November 5 and 6.
After Nancy Pelosi formally announced an impeachment inquiry into Trump on September 24, 2019, several opinion polls reflected an increase in support for an impeachment inquiry. According to a Morning Consult poll, 43% of Americans support impeachment proceedings, a 7-point increase, tying with Americans who do not support such proceedings. [ 274 ]
According to McCarthy, the impeachment inquiry would give House Republicans "the full power to gather all the facts and answers for the American public". Traditionally, congressional committees are given more sweeping authority to issue and enforce subpoenas when done so as part of an impeachment inquiry.
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).