Jan 13, 2025 · Impeachment is the process of bringing charges against a government official for wrongdoing. A trial may be held, and the official may be removed from office.

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] .

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.

In the case of presidential impeachment trials, the chief justice of the United States presides. The Constitution requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate to convict, and the penalty for an impeached official upon conviction is removal from office.

Feb 14, 2021 · Former President Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday in his Senate impeachment trial for inciting a mob to assault the U.S. Capitol in January. Seven Republicans voted with Democrats to convict him. (AP Graphic)

The Senate began Trump's second impeachment trial on Tuesday, hinged on the charge that he incited a deadly mob to storm the U.S. Capitol last month.

The impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, the first presidential impeachment trial in US history. In the United States, impeachment is the process by which a legislature may bring charges against an officeholder for misconduct alleged to have been committed with a penalty of removal.

Feb 13, 2021 · An impeachment trial is a political process intended to judge whether an official was upholding their oath of office and a standard of conduct. With his second acquittal, Trump now plots his...

Last month, the House approved a single article of impeachment, charging him with "incitement of insurrection" over the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Feb 10, 2021 · Live coverage from the first day of former President Donald Trump's second Senate impeachment trial has concluded. See the latest coverage of the trial here.