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The article of impeachment addressed Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results (including his claims of election fraud and his efforts to pressure election officials in Georgia) and stated that Trump incited the attack on the Capitol in Washington, D.C., while Congress was convened to count the electoral votes and ...
Between the House impeachment vote and the beginning of the trial, former governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker claimed, "The U.S. Senate cannot convict a former President," which was Mostly False according to PolitiFact, which found 2 pieces of evidence in favor of the claim and 5 pieces of evidence against. [42]
Among Republicans, 238 voted to table the articles of impeachment and one did not vote. Among Democrats, 126 voted to table the articles of impeachment, 58 voted against tabling the articles of impeachment, four voted "present" and five did not vote. [89] Green's effort did not receive the support of Democratic leadership.
During the 8-9 PM hour, when Members of Congress voted on the two articles of impeachment, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC drew a combined 11.265 million viewers. Fox News led with a special […]
The first one takes place in the House of Representatives, which impeaches the president by approving articles of impeachment through a simple majority vote. The second proceeding, the impeachment trial, takes place in the Senate. There, conviction on any of the articles requires a two-thirds majority vote and would result in the removal from ...
Adopted by the House by a vote of 232–196 [18] [19] H.Res.755: December 10, 2019 Jerry Nadler (D–NY-10) 0 Impeachment Trump-Ukraine scandal Article 1: "Abuse of power by soliciting the interference of Ukraine in the 2020 U.S. presidential election"
Following the trial, the Senate votes on whether to convict the president of the offense(s)—something that requires at least two-thirds of the members of the Senate (67 in total) voting in favor ...
[194] [195] On February 13, following a five-day Senate trial, Trump was acquitted when the Senate voted 57–43 for conviction, falling ten votes short of the two-thirds majority required to convict; seven Republicans joined every Democrat in voting to convict, the most bipartisan support in any Senate impeachment trial of a president. [196] [197]