The Senate trial continued into February. Legislators from the House of Representatives, called “House managers,” presented the case for impeachment, while White House lawyers presented President Trump’s defense. In an expected but highly anticipated vote, on Jan. 31, 2020 the Senate decided by one vote not to hear from any witnesses and to proceed to a final vote on the impeachment. On Feb. 5, 2020, the Senate acquitted President Trump 52-48 on abuse of power and 53-47 on obstruction of Congress.
+The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on Dec. 18, 2019, approving the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in majority votes (230-197 vote on abuse of power; 229-198 vote on obstruction of Congress). The Senate conducted a trial in January and February 2020, and on Feb. 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit Trump on both charges (52-48 vote on abuse of power and 53-47 vote on obstruction of Congress). He was the third president to face, and be acquitted by, an impeachment trial.
-Previously, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence conducted depositions, held public hearings with key witnesses, and made a public report of its findings in October–November 2019. Then on Dec. 3, 2019, the House Committee on the Judiciary wrote and approved the two articles of impeachment, sending it to the full House for a vote.
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