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Trump Impeachment

January 20 , 2021 1316 days 845 0
  • Donald Trump becomes first US President to be impeached twice.
  • He was impeached by the US House of Representatives with 232 - 197 vote.
  • After securing enough votes to pass the US House of Representatives, the impeachment resolution will now go to the US Senate.
  • The Upper House of the USA, the Senate will be required to set up a trial.
  • However, it will not hold it before January 20th
  • On 20th January, the President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the next President of the United States.
  • This means that Donald Trump will escape the risk of being removed from office.
  • Three US Presidents have been impeached by Congress- Donald Trump, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.
  • Among them, only Trump has been impeached twice in a single term.
  • However, no US President has ever been removed from office through impeachment.

Process of impeachment

  • Firstly, the House of representatives of the United States has to vote for the charges framed against the president.
  • After the passage of votes with simple majority, the president will be impeached.
  • However, the President is not removed from the office.
  • In the next phase, the upper house, that is US Senate, is convened like a court.
  • The President shall be removed from office only if two thirds of the Senate vote for it.

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