![]() It’s up to Nancy Pelosi to decide when to march the managers over to the Senate to “exhibit” the article and trigger a trial under the procedures set up in the upper chamber’s standing rules governing impeachment. Normally, the process of transmitting articles of impeachment from the House to the Senate is reasonably simple, though it does require appointment by the Speaker of impeachment “managers” (which in this case preceded the impeachment vote) who will present the case for impeachment in the Senate before and during the subsequent impeachment trial. Monday, January 25: Transmittal of article of impeachment to the Senate In the first impeachment vote in December of 2019, no Republicans defected while two or three (depending on the particular article) Democrats opposed the measure. The vote was 232-197, with ten Republicans - and no Democrats - crossing party lines. ![]() The House began debating impeachment on the morning of Wednesday, January 13 and voted to impeach Trump on a single article of “incitement to insurrection” after a brisk two-hour debate, even as Republicans complained about the speed of the process and the lack of the usual investigations and hearings (with Democrats replying that insurrectionary acts witnessed by the entire world didn’t need investigation). Wednesday, January 13: Impeachment by the House Here’s what we know about the context and schedule for this process. If the Senate votes to convict Trump, it could then invoke the constitutionally created sanction of “disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States” - meaning no 2024 comeback attempt. Donald Trump’s role in inciting the January 6 Capitol riot has led to a historic second impeachment, and to the first impeachment trial of a president after he’s left office.
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