Answering your most frequently asked questions about the Trump impeachment
For the first time in over two decades, the United States has been thrust into an impeachment drama, this one involving President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine’s government. At times over the past two months, the process has been confusing or difficult to follow.
If Trump is impeached, what happens then?Story continuesA trial in the Senate, presided over by Chief Justice John Roberts, would likely begin shortly after the New Year. If Trump gets impeached, is he allowed to govern before the Senate trial?There is nothing in the Constitution limiting a president’s power during the period between impeachment in the House and the Senate trial that follows.
If Trump is impeached, how many Senate votes are needed to remove him from office?Sixty-seven. A two-thirds supermajority of the 100-member Senate is required to remove a president from office. The current composition is 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats, meaning 20 GOP members would have to break ranks with Trump for him to be removed, something that appears highly unlikely.
Can the House vote to ‘censure’ Trump instead?Yes. It’s an idea currently being floated by a small group of House Democrats from districts where impeachment could be an electoral liability. Rather than face the prospect of being removed from office, Trump would be rebuked in a vote of formal disapproval over his actions in Ukraine. But it’s a long shot, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had previously ruled it out.
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