Members of House of Representatives vote on two articles of impeachment
Accused
Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States[1]
Proponents
Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House of Representatives)
Adam Schiff (Chair of the House Intelligence Committee)
Jerry Nadler (Chair of the House Judiciary Committee)
Date
December 18, 2019 – February 5, 2020 (1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days)
Outcome
Acquitted by the U.S. Senate, remained in the office of President of the United States
Charges
Abuse of power, obstruction of Congress
Cause
Allegations that Trump unlawfully solicited Ukrainian authorities to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election
Congressional votes
Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives
Accusation
Abuse of power
Votes in favor
230
Votes against
197
Present
1
Not voting
3
Result
Approved
Accusation
Obstruction of Congress
Votes in favor
229
Votes against
198
Present
1
Not voting
3
Result
Approved
Voting in the U.S. Senate
Accusation
Article I – Abuse of power
Votes in favor
48 "guilty"
Votes against
52 "not guilty"
Result
Acquitted (67 "guilty" votes necessary for a conviction)
Accusation
Article II – Obstruction of Congress
Votes in favor
47 "guilty"
Votes against
53 "not guilty"
Result
Acquitted (67 "guilty" votes necessary for a conviction)
Trump–Ukraine scandal
A request by U.S. President Donald Trump (right) to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) to investigate Joe Biden and his son sparked the scandal.
Events
List
Presidency of Donald Trump
2019 Ukrainian presidential election
Impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump
First impeachment of Donald Trump
First impeachment trial of Donald Trump
2020 U.S. presidential election
Foreign interference in the 2020 United States elections
People
White House
President Donald Trump
John Bolton
Pam Bondi
Tom Bossert
Pat Cipollone
Fiona Hill
Charles Kupperman
Mick Mulvaney
Mike Pence
Tony Sayegh
Justice Department
Michael Atkinson
William Barr
State Department
Ulrich Brechbuhl
Catherine Croft
David Hale
David Holmes
George Kent
Steve Linick
Michael McKinley
Mike Pompeo
Philip Reeker
Gordon Sondland
Bill Taylor
Kurt Volker
Jennifer Williams
Marie Yovanovitch
Defense Department
Laura Cooper
Kathryn L. Wheelbarger
National Security Council
John Eisenberg
Tim Morrison
Alexander Vindman
Intelligence
Joseph Maguire
Michael Atkinson
Congress
Nancy Pelosi
Adam Schiff
Lindsey Graham
Devin Nunes
Pete Sessions
Kashyap Patel
Elise Stefanik
Jim Jordan
Ukrainians
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Andriy Bohdan
Dmytro Firtash
Serhiy Leshchenko
Mykola Zlochevsky
Yuriy Lutsenko
Surrogates
Rudy Giuliani
Jay Sekulow
Scholars
Noah Feldman
Michael Gerhardt
Pamela S. Karlan
Jonathan Turley
Related
Andrew P. Bakaj
Hunter Biden
Joe Biden
Igor Fruman
Amos Hochstein
Lev Parnas
Rick Perry
John Solomon
Russell Vought
Mark Zaid
Companies
List
Burisma
CrowdStrike
Naftogaz
Conspiracy theories
List
Conspiracy theories related to the Trump–Ukraine scandal
Russia investigation origins counter-narrative
Spygate
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The first impeachment of President Donald Trump occurred on December 18, 2019. On that date, the House of Representatives adopted two articles of impeachment against Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. On February 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit Trump on both articles of impeachment.[2]
Trump's first impeachment took place after a formal House inquiry found that he had solicited foreign interference in the 2020 U.S. presidential election to help his re-election bid, and had then obstructed the inquiry itself by telling his administration officials to ignore subpoenas for documents and testimony. The inquiry reported that Trump withheld military aid[a] and an invitation to the White House from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in order to influence Ukraine to announce an investigation into Trump's political opponent Joe Biden, and to promote a discredited conspiracy theory that Ukraine–not Russia–was behind interference in the 2016 presidential election.[4][5] The inquiry stage of Trump's impeachment lasted from September to November 2019 in the wake of an August whistleblower complaint alleging Trump's abuse of power.[4] A set of impeachment hearings before the House Judiciary Committee began on December 4, 2019; on December 13, the committee voted 23–17 (along party lines) to recommend articles of impeachment for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. 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. The trial saw no witnesses or documents being subpoenaed, as Republican senators rejected attempts to introduce subpoenas. On February 5, Trump was acquitted on both counts by the Senate, as neither count received 67 votes to convict.[7]
Trump remained in office for the remainder of his term. However, he was impeached for a second time in 2021 following the January 6 United States Capitol attack, making him the first U.S. president in history to be impeached twice. Trump was again acquitted by the Senate in February 2021 after he had left office.
^Fandos, Nicholas; Shear, Michael D. (December 18, 2019). "Trump Impeached for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress – Voting nearly along party lines, the House approved two articles of impeachment against President Trump, making him the third president in history to face removal by the Senate". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 19, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
^Ewing, Philip (February 5, 2020). "'Not Guilty': Trump Acquitted On 2 Articles Of Impeachment As Historic Trial Closes". NPR. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
^Cite error: The named reference Zelensky bowed until luck was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abVindman, Alexander (August 1, 2021). "What I Heard in the White House Basement". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
^Rascoe, Ayesha (November 7, 2019). "Who Was On The Trump-Ukraine Call?". NPR. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
^Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Bump, Philip (February 5, 2020). "No senator ever voted to remove a president of his own party from office. Until Mitt Romney". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 6, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
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