first impeachment of Donald Trump

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The first impeachment of Donald Trump was the 2019–2020 U.S. House and Senate proceeding that charged President Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over his dealings with Ukraine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential impeachment ⓘ
impeachment ⓘ
political event ⓘ
appliesToOfficeholder Donald Trump ⓘ
articlesApprovedByHouseDate 2019-12-18 ⓘ
charge abuse of power ⓘ
obstruction of Congress ⓘ
chiefJusticePresiding John Roberts ⓘ
linked to: John G. Roberts Jr.
country United States ⓘ
defenseCounsel Jay Sekulow ⓘ
Pat Cipollone ⓘ
endTime 2020-02-05 ⓘ
followedBy second impeachment of Donald Trump ⓘ
formalInquiryAnnounced 2019-09-24 ⓘ
foundGuilty no ⓘ
hasCause July 25, 2019 Trump–Zelenskyy phone call ⓘ
Trump–Ukraine scandal ⓘ
alleged solicitation of foreign interference in the 2020 U.S. election ⓘ
hasPart Trump–Ukraine scandal ⓘ
historicalSignificance first impeachment of Donald Trump ⓘ
third presidential impeachment in United States history ⓘ
houseImpeachmentManagers Adam Schiff ⓘ
Hakeem Jeffries ⓘ
Jason Crow ⓘ
Jerry Nadler ⓘ
Sylvia Garcia ⓘ
Val Demings ⓘ
Zoe Lofgren ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
houseVoteOnArticleI 230–197–1 ⓘ
houseVoteOnArticleII 229–198–1 ⓘ
impeachmentArticle Article I: Abuse of Power ⓘ
Article II: Obstruction of Congress ⓘ
initiatedBy Nancy Pelosi ⓘ
initiatingPosition Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
legislativeBodyInvolved United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
notableRepublicanVotingToConvictOnArticleI Mitt Romney ⓘ
numberOfArticlesOfImpeachment 2 ⓘ
positionHeldByImpeached 45th president of the United States ⓘ
precededBy impeachment of Bill Clinton ⓘ
linked to: Clinton impeachment
relatedTo 2020 United States presidential election ⓘ
United States–Ukraine relations ⓘ
result acquittal in the United States Senate ⓘ
senateAcquittalDate 2020-02-05 ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
senateTrialStartDate 2020-01-16 ⓘ
senateVoteOnArticleI 52–48 for acquittal ⓘ
senateVoteOnArticleII 53–47 for acquittal ⓘ
startTime 2019-09-24 ⓘ

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Pat Cipollone → participatedIn → first impeachment of Donald Trump ⓘ
Trump administration → majorEvent → impeachment of Donald Trump (2019) ⓘ
linked to: first impeachment of Donald Trump
first impeachment of Donald Trump → historicalSignificance → first impeachment of Donald Trump ⓘ
Trump–Ukraine scandal → causeOf → first impeachment of Donald Trump ⓘ
Trump–Ukraine scandal → ledTo → United States House of Representatives impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump ⓘ
linked to: first impeachment of Donald Trump
July 25, 2019 Trump–Zelenskyy phone call → ledTo → first impeachment of Donald Trump ⓘ
Article I: Abuse of Power → partOf → first impeachment of Donald Trump ⓘ
Article I: Abuse of Power → relatedDocument → House impeachment resolution against Donald Trump (2019) ⓘ
linked to: first impeachment of Donald Trump
Article I: Abuse of Power → impeachmentNumber → first impeachment of Donald Trump ⓘ
Article II: Obstruction of Congress → partOf → first impeachment of Donald Trump ⓘ
Article II: Obstruction of Congress → languageUsed → Donald J. Trump has directed the unprecedented, categorical, and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to: first impeachment of Donald Trump
Val Demings → participatedIn → first impeachment trial of Donald Trump ⓘ
linked to: first impeachment of Donald Trump
United States–Ukraine relations → includesEvent → first impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump in 2019–2020 ⓘ
linked to: first impeachment of Donald Trump