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2021 Efforts To Remove Donald Trump From Office
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 First impeachment of Donald Trump, his first impeachment in December 2019. Ten Republican Party (United States), Republican representatives voted for the second impeachment, the most pro-impeachment votes ever from a president's party. This was also the first presidential impeachment in which the majority Congressional caucus, caucus voted unanimously for impeachment. The United States House of Representatives, 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 United States Capitol attack, January 6 attack of the U.S. Capitol. These events were preceded by Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Article Of Impeachment
An article of impeachment is a documented statement which specifies the charges to be tried in an impeachment trial as a basis for removing an officeholder. Articles of impeachment are an aspect of impeachment processes of many governments that utilize a bifurcated (two-part) impeachment process that sees a vote to "impeach" followed by an impeachment trial on whether to remove an officer. In an impeachment trial, an article of impeachment serves the same role that an indictment would in a criminal trial. Articles of impeachment are adopted prior to an impeachment trial by the legislative body with authority to invoke the impeachment that triggers the trial. In the trial, the accused party generally attempts to counter the elements of the article(s) of impeachment through arguments. United States Federal government In the United States federal government impeachments, the articles of impeachment are adopted by the United States House of Representatives. After the articles are se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
