Article I: Abuse of Power

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Article I: Abuse of Power was the first formal charge in Donald Trump’s initial impeachment, accusing him of exploiting presidential authority for personal political gain in relation to Ukraine.

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Article I: Abuse of Power canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf formal charge ⓘ
impeachment article ⓘ
absentVotes 3 ⓘ
accusation abuse of presidential powers ⓘ
conditioning official acts on personal political favors ⓘ
soliciting foreign interference in a United States election ⓘ
allegedConduct conditioning a White House meeting on announcement of investigations ⓘ
conditioning release of congressionally approved military aid on announcement of investigations ⓘ
pressuring Ukraine to announce investigations beneficial to Trump’s reelection campaign ⓘ
allegedMotive influencing the 2020 U.S. presidential election ⓘ
personal political gain ⓘ
allegedVictim United States national security ⓘ
integrity of U.S. elections ⓘ
allegedViolation corruptly conditioning official U.S. government acts on personal political favors ⓘ
using the powers of his office to solicit interference from a foreign government in the 2020 U.S. election ⓘ
appliesTo Donald Trump ⓘ
category Impeachment of Donald Trump ⓘ
United States presidential impeachments ⓘ
chamberOfOrigin House of Representatives ⓘ
constitutionalBasis U.S. Constitution Article II ⓘ
constitutionalConcept high Crimes and Misdemeanors ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateAdopted 2019-12-18 ⓘ
governingLaw U.S. Constitution Article I impeachment provisions ⓘ
historicalContext first impeachment of a U.S. president for conduct involving a foreign government and an upcoming election ⓘ
impeachmentNumber first impeachment of Donald Trump ⓘ
languageUsed betrayed the Nation ⓘ
ignored and injured the interests of the Nation ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
noVotes 197 ⓘ
pairedWith Article II: Obstruction of Congress ⓘ
partOf first impeachment of Donald Trump ⓘ
presentVotes 1 ⓘ
processType impeachment ⓘ
relatedCall July 25, 2019 Trump–Zelenskyy phone call ⓘ
relatedCountry Ukraine ⓘ
relatedDocument House impeachment resolution against Donald Trump (2019) ⓘ
relatedElection 2020 United States presidential election ⓘ
relatedOffice President of Ukraine ⓘ
relatedPerson Volodymyr Zelenskyy ⓘ
resultInSenate acquittal ⓘ
senateAcquittalDate 2020-02-05 ⓘ
senateNoVotesToConvict 52 ⓘ
senateYesVotesToConvict 48 ⓘ
sponsor House Democratic majority ⓘ
timePeriod 2019–2020 ⓘ
voteResult adopted ⓘ
yesVotes 230 ⓘ

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first impeachment of Donald Trump → impeachmentArticle → Article I: Abuse of Power ⓘ