A report on Second impeachment of Donald Trump

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Impeached for the second time on January 13, 2021, one week before his term expired.

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President Donald Trump speaking at a campaign rally in Goodyear, Arizona, in October 2020

2021 United States Capitol attack

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On January 6, 2021, following then-President Donald Trump's defeat in the 2020 presidential election, a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. They sought to keep Trump in power by preventing a joint session of Congress from counting the electoral college votes to formalize the victory of President-elect Joe Biden.

On January 6, 2021, following then-President Donald Trump's defeat in the 2020 presidential election, a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. They sought to keep Trump in power by preventing a joint session of Congress from counting the electoral college votes to formalize the victory of President-elect Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump speaking at a campaign rally in Goodyear, Arizona, in October 2020
Trump tweet shortly after polls had closed
Signs reading "Stop the Steal" and "Off with their heads", taken on the day of the attack
Police officers at the Supreme Court on the morning of January 6
Protesters at Washington Union Station on the morning of January6
An image of Trump delivering his rally speech from behind a bulletproof shield was projected onto this screen at the rally
Protestors approaching the Capital Complex
Members of the Proud Boys in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building
Trump supporters crowding the steps of the Capitol
Officer Daniel Hodges crushed in doorway
Rioters inside the Senate chamber
Reinforcements guard the Capital after rioters were pushed out of the building
Among the many flags flown by participants were the Gadsden flag, American flag, and Women for Trump
A row of flags lining the Capitol grounds
Rioters outside the Capitol shortly after Congress was evacuated
A damaged window in the Capitol
Trump supporters and police at the Texas State Capitol on January6
New Jersey National Guard Troops deployed inside the Capitol, pictured during the swearing-in on January 12
Interim United States Attorney Michael R. Sherwin holds a press conference on criminal charges related to the events at the Capitol

A week after the riot, the House of Representatives impeached Trump for incitement of insurrection, making him the only U.S. president to have been impeached twice.

Official portrait, 2017

Donald Trump

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American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

Official portrait, 2017
Trump at the New York Military Academy in 1964
Trump (far right) and wife Ivana in the receiving line of a state dinner for King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in 1985, with U.S. president Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan
Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan
Entrance of the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City
Trump and New Jersey Generals quarterback Doug Flutie at a 1985 press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower
Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Trump at a New York Mets baseball game in 2009
Trump and President Bill Clinton in June 2000
Trump speaking at CPAC 2011
Trump campaigning in Arizona, March 2016.
2016 electoral vote results. Trump won 304–227
Women's March in Washington on January 21, 2017
Trump is sworn in as president by Chief Justice John Roberts
Trump speaks to automobile workers in Michigan, March 2017
Trump and group of officials and advisors on the way from White House complex to St. John's Church
Trump examines border wall prototypes in Otay Mesa, California.
Trump with the other G7 leaders at the 45th summit in France, 2019
Trump and Xi Jinping at 2018 G20 Summit.
Trump, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the 2017 Riyadh summit in Saudi Arabia
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meeting with Taliban delegation in Qatar in September 2020
Trump meets Kim Jong-un at the Singapore summit, June 2018
Putin and Trump shaking hands at the G20 Osaka summit, June 2019
Trump and his third Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.
Trump conducts a COVID-19 press briefing with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on March 15, 2020
Poland's president Andrzej Duda visited the White House on June 24, 2020, the first foreign leader to do so since the start of the pandemic.
Trump boards helicopter for COVID-19 treatment on October 2, 2020
Trump discharged on October 5, 2020, from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Members of House of Representatives vote on two articles of impeachment, December 18, 2019
Trump displaying the front page of The Washington Post reporting his acquittal by the Senate
Trump at a 2020 campaign rally in Arizona
2020 Electoral College results, Trump lost 232–306
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi signing the second impeachment of Trump
Trump speaks at the "Rally to Protect Our Elections" in Phoenix, Arizona, July 2021.
Trump talking to the press, March 2017
Fact-checkers from The Washington Post, the Toronto Star, and CNN compiled data on "false or misleading claims" (orange background), and "false claims" (violet foreground), respectively.

The House of Representatives impeached Trump a second time in January 2021, for incitement of insurrection.

CNN fact checker Daniel Dale reported that through June 9, 2021, Trump had issued 132 written statements since leaving office, of which "a third have included lies about the election" – more than any other subject.

Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election

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Stolen by means of rigged voting machines, electoral fraud and an international Communist conspiracy.

Stolen by means of rigged voting machines, electoral fraud and an international Communist conspiracy.

CNN fact checker Daniel Dale reported that through June 9, 2021, Trump had issued 132 written statements since leaving office, of which "a third have included lies about the election" – more than any other subject.
A Stop the Steal believer protesting in St. Paul, Minnesota, on November 14, 2020
Stop the Steal protesters gathered outside the Minnesota State Capitol on December 12, 2020. A boogaloo movement member was charged in connection to the event.
Rudy Giuliani, head of Trump's failed legal efforts, falsely asserted that the election had been subject to massive fraud.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) contacted the Georgia Secretary of State about the possibility of invalidating ballots.
Protesters on Capitol grounds, January 6, 2021.
Rioters storming the Capitol.

One week later, Trump was impeached for incitement of insurrection but was acquitted by the Senate. In June 2022, the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack said it has enough evidence to recommend that the U.S. Department of Justice indict Trump.

President pro tempore Patrick Leahy presides over the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump.

Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump

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The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, began on February 9, 2021, and concluded with his acquittal on February 13.

The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, began on February 9, 2021, and concluded with his acquittal on February 13.

President pro tempore Patrick Leahy presides over the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump.
President pro tempore Patrick Leahy presides over the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump.
Nancy Pelosi signing the article of impeachment
Senator Chuck Grassley administers the oath of office to President pro tempore Patrick Leahy
Senator Patrick Leahy signing the summons for second impeachment of Donald Trump.

Trump had been impeached for the second time by the House of Representatives on January 13, 2021.

117th United States Congress

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Current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.

Current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.

2021 United States Capitol attack (January 6, 2021)
Joe Biden takes the oath of office as the 46th president of the United States
President Biden addresses a joint session of Congress, with Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
President Biden during the 2022 State of the Union Address
President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law, March 11, 2021
President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law, June 17, 2021
President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law, November 15, 2021
President Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law, December 23, 2021
President Biden signed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 into law, May 9, 2022
House seats by party holding majority in state, as a result of the 2020 elections
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President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law, June 17, 2021
President Joe Biden signs the NDAA 2022 into law, December 27, 2021
President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 into law, March 15, 2022
President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, March 29, 2022
President Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act into law, April 6, 2022
June 14, 2022 – June 21, 2022
June 21, 2022 – July 12, 2022

January 13, 2021: Second impeachment of Donald Trump: House impeached President Trump for inciting the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

Donald Trump's tweet activity from his first tweet in May 2009. His tweet activity pattern has changed from 2013.

Social media use by Donald Trump

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Donald Trump's use of social media attracted attention worldwide since he joined Twitter in May 2009.

Donald Trump's use of social media attracted attention worldwide since he joined Twitter in May 2009.

Donald Trump's tweet activity from his first tweet in May 2009. His tweet activity pattern has changed from 2013.
United States president Trump with the emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, May 2017
President Trump with Prime Minister Theresa May in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., January 27, 2017. The May Ministry condemned Trump's Tweets and Britain First.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
Protest sign depicting Trump with a Hitler mustache to critique his use of Twitter

Though the Senate eventually acquitted Trump during his second impeachment, social media companies swiftly banned him.

Members of House of Representatives vote on two articles of impeachment

First impeachment of Donald Trump

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Impeached for the first time by the House of Representatives of the 116th United States Congress on December 18, 2019.

Impeached for the first time by the House of Representatives of the 116th United States Congress on December 18, 2019.

Members of House of Representatives vote on two articles of impeachment
Open hearing testimony of Fiona Hill and David Holmes on November 21, 2019
Nancy Pelosi engrossing the articles of impeachment on January 15, 2020
Donald Trump holds up a copy of The Washington Post reporting his acquittal during remarks on February 6, 2020 in the East Room of the White House

The House of Representatives, with ten Republicans joining all 222 Democrats, voted to impeach him again on the evening of January 13, 2021.

Official portrait, 2019

Nancy Pelosi

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American politician serving as speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019, and previously from 2007 to 2011.

American politician serving as speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019, and previously from 2007 to 2011.

Official portrait, 2019
Pelosi, her mother, and President John F. Kennedy watch as her father is sworn in as a member of the Renegotiation Board, 1961.
Pelosi as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1993
President George W. Bush meets with Speaker-designate Pelosi and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer on November 9, 2006.
Pelosi and Barack Obama shaking hands at the 2008 Democratic National Convention
President Barack Obama meets with Congressional Leadership, July 2011.
Pelosi speaking at the United States Department of Labor on Equal Pay Day
Pelosi greets DREAMers fasting outside the Capitol, September 2017.
Congressional leaders in January 2020
Pelosi signs the article of impeachment for the second impeachment of Donald Trump on January 13, 2021.
Pelosi delivers remarks on the American Rescue Plan in March 2021.
Pelosi and Keith Ellison at his swearing-in ceremony with Thomas Jefferson's Quran in 2007
Pelosi with Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in 2012
Pelosi at the 2013 San Francisco Pride Festival
Capitol workers remove the portrait of former House Speaker Howell Cobb of Georgia from a wall in the Speaker's Lobby of the U.S. Capitol.
Pelosi at the Tax March in San Francisco, April 2017
Nancy Pelosi at 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25)
Nancy Pelosi at 2019 End Gun Violence, September 27, 2019
President George W. Bush and Pelosi honoring 300 Tuskegee Airmen at the Capitol, March 2007
Donald Trump with Pelosi in January 2017
Pelosi and Debbie Wasserman Schultz have supported Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó.
Pelosi with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a trip to China in 2009
Pelosi with Hong Kong activists who have become prominent figures in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
Pelosi and John Kerry at Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana, Cuba, March 2016
Pelosi before greeting the new King Salman of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, January 2015
Pelosi with service members stationed at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, 2010
Pelosi at AIPAC's annual Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.
Pelosi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, January 2020
Pelosi meeting with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, and ambassador Sergey Kislyak, June 2010
The city of San Francisco named a street in Golden Gate Park in honor of Pelosi after her many years representing the city in Congress.
Pelosi at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2022

Under Pelosi's leadership, the House twice impeached President Donald Trump, first in December 2019, and again in January 2021; Trump was acquitted both times by the Senate.

Inaugural platform at the United States Capitol

Inauguration of Joe Biden

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The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States took place on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, marking the start of the four-year term of Joe Biden as president and Kamala Harris as vice president.

The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States took place on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, marking the start of the four-year term of Joe Biden as president and Kamala Harris as vice president.

Inaugural platform at the United States Capitol
The inaugural platform occupied by pro-Trump rioters during the storming of the United States Capitol, fourteen days before the inauguration
Troops resting on the floor of Emancipation Hall inside the Capitol
Security-related site restrictions in and around the National Mall, Southwest D.C., Capitol Hill, and downtown Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day
A social media graphic from the Biden Inaugural Committee regarding the National Day of Service
The National Mall covered with flags representing inaugural attendees who were unable to attend in person
Biden, Harris, and their spouses at the Lincoln Memorial lighting ceremony
Trump greets a crowd of supporters during his farewell ceremony
Poet Amanda Gorman recites "The Hill We Climb"
Harris takes the oath of office, administered by Justice Sotomayor
Biden delivers his inaugural address to a socially distant crowd
Biden, Harris, and their spouses, participate in a Pass in Review
Biden and Harris lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery
The inaugural parade procession passes the White House
The presidential motorcade carrying Biden travels to the White House
Fireworks during the finale of "Celebrating America"

The inauguration took place amidst extraordinary political, public health, economic, and national security crises, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; outgoing President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, which involved an attack on the United States Capitol; Trump's second impeachment; and a threat of widespread civil unrest, which stimulated a nationwide law enforcement response.

2020 United States presidential election

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The 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

The 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

States and territories with at least one local, state, or federal primary election date or method of voting altered as of August 5, 2020.
A poll worker sanitizes an election booth in Davis, California
Chart of July 2020 opinion survey on likelihood of voting by mail in November election, compared to 2016
President Donald Trump with Amy Coney Barrett and her family, just prior to Barrett being announced as the nominee, September 26, 2020
George Floyd protests in Minneapolis on May 26
Early voting in Cleveland, Ohio
Hexagonal cartogram of the number of electoral college votes. States with opposite outcomes from 2016 are hatched.
People celebrate in the streets near the White House after the major networks projected Biden the winner of the election on November 7.
Senator Chuck Schumer addresses a crowd celebrating in Times Square, New York City shortly after the election was called for Biden.
Voters cast ballots at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa
Screenshot of a tweet from Trump's Twitter account where he repeatedly and falsely claimed he had won.
CNN fact checker Daniel Dale reported that through June 9, 2021, Trump had issued 132 written statements since leaving office, of which "a third have included lies about the election"—more than any other subject.
Pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6
Results by state, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote
Results by county
Results by county, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote
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A continuous county-level cartogram of the 2020 United States presidential election
County swing from 2016 to 2020
Election results by Congressional District
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Counties shaded by margin of victory

Trump has been accused of inciting the violence with his rhetoric, an accusation that was reinforced with an article of impeachment filed on January 13 for "incitement of insurrection".