For the trial in the Senate, see Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump.
Second impeachment of Donald Trump
The House of Representatives votes to adopt the article of impeachment.
Accused
Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States
Proponents
Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House of Representatives)
Steny Hoyer (House Majority Leader)
Jim Clyburn (House Majority Whip)
Liz Cheney (Chair of the House Republican Conference)
Date
January 13 – February 13, 2021 (2021-02-13) (1 month)
Outcome
Acquitted by the U.S. Senate
Charges
Incitement of insurrection
Cause
Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
Trump–Raffensperger phone call
January 6 United States Capitol attack
Congressional votes
Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives
Accusation
Incitement of insurrection
Votes in favor
232
Votes against
197
Present
0
Not voting
4
Result
Approved
Voting in the U.S. Senate
Accusation
Incitement of insurrection
Votes in favor
57 "guilty"
Votes against
43 "not guilty"
Result
Acquitted (67 "guilty" votes necessary for a conviction)
January 6 United States Capitol attack
Timeline • Planning
Background
2020 presidential election and other causes
2020–21 presidential election protests
2021 Electoral College vote count (alternate electors)
Attempts to overturn the election
Democratic backsliding in the US
QAnon
Republican reactions to Donald Trump's claims of election fraud
Social media use by Donald Trump
Trumpism
Related groups and persons
Ali Alexander
Ray Epps
Nick Fuentes
Rudy Giuliani
Jericho March
Alex Jones
Sedition Caucus
Donald Trump
Donald Trump Jr.
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Notable people
Ashli Babbitt
Joe Biggs
Jacob Chansley
Derrick Evans
Tim "Baked Alaska" Gionet
Simone Gold
Klete Keller
Ethan Nordean
Rick Saccone
Jon Schaffer
John Earle Sullivan
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Groypers
Oath Keepers
Proud Boys
Three Percenters
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Capitol Police
Harry Dunn
Eugene Goodman
Brian Sicknick
Howard Liebengood
Steven Sund
Department of Defense
Michael C. Stenger
Paul D. Irving
Christopher C. Miller
Ryan D. McCarthy
Walter E. Piatt
Charles A. Flynn
Daniel Hokanson
William J. Walker
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DC
Muriel Bowser
Robert Contee
Michael Fanone
Jeffrey L. Smith
Virginia
Ralph Northam
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Biden inauguration
2021 inauguration week protests
Security preparations
Investigations and charges
Justice Department investigation
Criminal proceedings
list
Fischer v. United States
January 6 commission
House Select Committee
public hearings
Smith special counsel investigation
federal prosecution of Donald Trump
Corporate actions
List of companies that halted political contributions
Social media suspensions of Donald Trump
permanent suspension
Suspensions of other social media accounts
shutdown of Parler
Facebook
Reactions
Domestic
Antifa culpability conspiracy theory
International
Impeachment and 2024 presidential election
Second impeachment of Donald Trump
trial
2024 presidential eligibility of Donald Trump
Trump v. Anderson
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Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, was impeached for the second time on January 13, 2021, one week before his term expired. It was the fourth impeachment of a U.S. president, and the second for Trump after his first impeachment in December 2019.[1][2]
The House of Representatives of the 117th U.S. Congress adopted one article of impeachment against Trump of "incitement of insurrection", stating that he had incited the January 6 attack of the U.S. Capitol. The House impeachment managers formally triggered the start of the impeachment trial on January 25 by delivering to the Senate the charge against Trump.[3] The trial in the Senate was scheduled to start on February 9.[4] The trial was the first of its kind for a departed U.S. president, with Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Trump having been the subjects of the prior impeachment trials. Many Republican senators challenged the validity of holding an impeachment trial for a president no longer in office while proponents cited the Senate's 1876 trial of William W. Belknap, the Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant, who was impeached but not convicted after resigning from office immediately prior to a House vote on his impeachment.[5] At the trial, 57 senators voted "guilty", which was less than the two-thirds majority needed (67) to convict Trump, and 43 senators voted "not guilty", resulting in Trump being acquitted of the charges on February 13, 2021.[6]
In August 2023, Trump was twice indicted for the conduct at issue in his impeachment, once in Georgia and once federally.
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^Fandos, Nicholas (January 8, 2021). "How to Impeach a President in 12 Days: Here's What It Would Take". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
^Honig, Elie (December 23, 2019). "The Trump administration is hiding something". CNN. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
^Herb, Jeremy; Raju, Manu (January 25, 2021). "House delivers impeachment article to Senate". CNN. Archived from the original on February 9, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
^Knott, Matthew (January 23, 2021). "Trump's Senate impeachment trial to begin in two weeks". The Age. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
^Cite error: The named reference Williams was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Gregorian, Dareh (February 13, 2021). "Trump acquitted in impeachment trial; 7 GOP Senators vote with Democrats to convict". NBC News. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
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