Senate decides to impeach Trump

Today, February 13, the Senate held the final vote on the second impeachment of the 45th US President Donald Trump. According to the results of the vote, a Senate court found Trump innocent and did not support the charges brought forward by the House of Representatives in the impeachment process.

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13 January The House of Representatives supported second impeachment to Trump, charging him with incitement to rebellion. He was charged with inciting supporters to seize the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. On that day, voting was taking place there to certify the results of the presidential election.

To complete the impeachment process, Trump had to be found guilty by 67 senators (two-thirds of the Senate). The Senate trial in this case took place from February 9 to 13. 45 senators voted for the 57th president’s guilty plea (43 against), which is 10 votes less than the required minimum. This decision means that Trump retains his status as the 45th President of the United States and all the rights and privileges associated with it.

History in brief

US House of Representatives January 13 voted for a second impeachment to President Donald Trump. He became the first ever head of the United States to be impeached twice.

The Lower House of Congress approved the charge of incitement of insurrection. The resolution said Trump's actions met the constitutional language of "high crimes and misdemeanors" for which a president can be impeached. The resolution was supported by 231 congressmen (221 Democrat and 10 Republicans).

Why Trump was impeached for the second time

The second impeachment procedure was launched just days before Biden's inauguration. The blame was the storming of the Capitol, which took place on January 6, 2021.

On that day, the US Congress met in Washington DC to approve the results of the presidential election. At the same time numerous supporters of the then current US President Donald Trump crowded under the Capitol building to protest against these results... The situation quickly escalated and turned into chaos. Protesters took over the Capitol, and Congressmen had to evacuate and hide in shelters. As a result of clashes between the police and the invaders of the building, 5 people were killed.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked for Vice President Mike Pence apply the 25th amendmentto declare the president incapable of performing his duties. Pence refused this step and said that he did not want to create a precedent. But I noticed that nhe keeps the right to invoke the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution in his “reserve”.

Due to Pence's failure Democrats have used the impeachment mechanism... And on January 13, voting began in the House of Representatives. The debate lasted several hours, after which Donald Trump was impeached by a majority decision. In early February, the case was transferred to the Senate.

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The peculiarity of this impeachment is that the 45th president has already resigned. At the same time, the leader who has left the post still has something to lose, since his status gives many privileges. In particular, if the Senate supported the accusation, Trump could lose various benefits and bonuses that are due to all US presidents.

Two impeachments

In the entire history of the United States, no president of the country has been impeached twice. The first lack of confidence in Trump was announced in December 2019, the second - a little more than a year later.

At the same time, Trump became only the third president out of 45 to be impeached by the US House of Representatives... Prior to this, impeachment proceedings began against Bill Clinton (1999) and Andrew Johnson (1868). They wanted to declare impeachment and Richard Nixon, but he voluntarily resigned before the completion of the process.

Donald Trump will go down in history as the first president to be impeached twice by the US House of Representatives.

The first charge against Trump was announced in 2019 in connection with his telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In September of the same year, democrats announced the start of a formal request for impeachment of the President of the United States. The procedure lasted almost 6 months. The House found Trump guilty of “abuse of power” and “obstruction of justice,” but following a Senate trial in February 2020 Trump was acquitted... In the second case, it turned out the same. That is, Trump went through two impeachments in the Lower House of Congress, but both times he was acquitted in the Senate.

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