House Democrats have drafted an article of impeachment against President Trump accusing him of inciting an insurrection before protesters rioted at the Capitol building on Wednesday, but the timing of how the impeachment process will play out remains up in the air, raising the question: Can the Senate hold an impeachment trial for a president who is no longer in office?
President-elect Joe Biden is rushing to ensure the impeachment does not derail his legislative agenda or the confirmation of his Cabinet picks in the early days of his administration.
With only eight days remaining in President Trump's term, the House of Representatives is barrelling toward a second impeachment vote in the coming days as outrage about the president's role in the storming of the Capitol by his supporters last week continues to reverberate throughout Washington, D.C.
House Democrats' attempt to impeach President Trump for a second time in connection with last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol is "so ill-advised," Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. told "Special Report" Monday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday night that one of the motivating factors for some in the new effort to impeach President Trump and remove him from office is to eliminate any chance that he has of being elected president in four years.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said the House will be moving forward with a resolution to impeach Donald Trump, whom she referred to in a letter to her colleagues as an “imminent threat” to both the U.S. Constitution and Democracy.
Harvard Law professor emeritus and constitutional law scholar Alan Dershowitz said that while he does not believe it would result in a Senate trial, impeaching President Trump over what he said in an address prior to protesters storming the Capitol building on Wednesday would provide a "loaded weapon" to both parties to use at their will in the future.
Congressional calls for the impeachment of President Trump are gaining traction on both sides of the aisle, as lawmakers announced Saturday that impeachment would be introduced in the House Monday.