second impeachment of Donald Trump
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The second impeachment of Donald Trump was the historic 2021 U.S. House action charging the outgoing president with incitement of insurrection following the January 6 Capitol attack.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| second impeachment of Donald Trump canonical | 3 |
| impeachment of Donald Trump (2021) | 1 |
| second impeachment trial of Donald Trump | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States presidential impeachment
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impeachment ⓘ political event ⓘ |
| accusationDescription |
Trump encouraged and incited violence against the Government of the United States
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Trump made statements that foreseeably resulted in lawless action at the U.S. Capitol ⓘ |
| accusedPoliticalParty | Republican Party ⓘ |
| appliesToOfficeholder | Donald Trump ⓘ |
| articleTitle | Incitement of Insurrection ⓘ |
| chamberConductingTrial | United States Senate ⓘ |
| constitutionalArticleInvoked | Article II, Section 4 of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis | high crimes and misdemeanors ⓘ |
| coSponsorOfHouseResolution |
Jamie Raskin
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Ted Lieu ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateInitiated | 2021-01-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfImpeachmentVote | 2021-01-13 ⓘ |
| dateSenateTrialBegan | 2021-02-09 ⓘ |
| dateSenateVerdict | 2021-02-13 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
second impeachment of Donald Trump
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second impeachment trial of Donald Trump
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| historicSignificance |
first impeachment of a U.S. president twice
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first impeachment of a president after leaving office ⓘ most bipartisan presidential impeachment vote in U.S. history at the time ⓘ |
| houseMajorityParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| houseResolutionNumber | H.Res.24 (117th Congress) ⓘ |
| legalDebate | constitutionality of impeaching and trying a former president ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| locationOfEvent | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mainCharge | incitement of insurrection ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive national and international coverage ⓘ |
| numberOfArticlesOfImpeachment | 1 ⓘ |
| numberOfRepublicanSenatorsVotingGuilty | 7 ⓘ |
| numberOfRepublicansVotingYes | 10 ⓘ |
| partOf |
aftermath of the 2020 United States presidential election
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political response to the January 6 Capitol attack ⓘ |
| positionHeldByAccused | 45th president of the United States ⓘ |
| precededBy | first impeachment of Donald Trump ⓘ |
| reasonForImpeachment |
Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election
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Trump’s role in summoning and directing supporters to Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021 ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
2021 United States Capitol attack
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surface form:
January 6 United States Capitol attack
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| senateConvictionThreshold | 67 ⓘ |
| senateOutcome | acquittal ⓘ |
| senateVoteGuilty | 57 ⓘ |
| senateVoteNotGuilty | 43 ⓘ |
| speakerOfTheHouseAtTime | Nancy Pelosi ⓘ |
| sponsorOfHouseResolution | David Cicilline ⓘ |
| votingResultHouseNoVotes | 197 ⓘ |
| votingResultHousePartyLine | mostly along party lines ⓘ |
| votingResultHouseYesVotes | 232 ⓘ |
| year | 2021 ⓘ |
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second impeachment trial of Donald Trump