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Impeachment resolutions introduced in the 117th U.S. Congress. Article 1: " [Abuse of] the powers of the presidency by attempting to unlawfully overturn the results of Georgia's presidential election." Article 2: " [Abuse of] the powers of the presidency by inciting violence and orchestrating an attempted coup."
In the United States, a federal impeachment trial is held as the second stage of the United States federal government 's bifurcated (two-stage) impeachment process. The preceding stage is the "impeachment" itself, held by a vote in the United States House of Representatives. [1] Federal impeachment trials are held in the United States Senate ...
Frank Johnson. v. t. e. The second impeachment inquiry against Andrew Johnson was an impeachment inquiry against United States President Andrew Johnson . It followed a previous inquiry in 1867. The second inquiry, unlike the first (which was run by the House Committee on the Judiciary ), was run by the House Select Committee on Reconstruction.
The impeachment of Donald Trump may refer to: First impeachment of Donald Trump, the 2019 impeachment on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump. First impeachment trial of Donald Trump. Second impeachment of Donald Trump, the 2021 impeachment on a charge of incitement of insurrection.
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 House adopted one article of impeachment ...
During his presidency, Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, saw multiple efforts during his presidency to impeach him, culminating in his formal impeachment on February 24, 1868, which was followed by a Senate impeachment trial in which he was acquitted. The Radical branch of the Republican Party was eager to impeach Johnson ...
Trump–Russia relations. This is a timeline of major events in second half of 2019 related to the investigations into the myriad links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies that are suspected of being inappropriate, relating to the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.
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.