Trump Impeachment

The latest news as the Senate holds a second impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump.

TRUMP ACQUITTED IN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL; 7 GOP SENATORS VOTE WITH DEMOCRATS TO CONVICT

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Trump's acquittal, his second in just over a year, keeps his political future alive

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Key takeaways

With acquittal, Trump wins battle for the Republican soul

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'Violated his oath'

7 Republicans found Trump 'guilty.' They explain their vote.

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'Morally responsible'

After acquitting Trump, McConnell slams him for a 'disgraceful dereliction of duty'

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Trump responds

Trump blasts McConnell as a 'hack' who lacks 'political insight'

Top stories

Top videos

THINK on impeachment

Here's NBC News' coverage of Trump's first impeachment and acquittal

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Impeachment Inquiry

Senate acquits Trump on both impeachment charges

Mitt Romney of Utah was the lone Republican to cross party lines to convict Trump on abuse of power.

Catch up on the latest episodes of the NBC News podcast, hosted by Steve Kornacki.

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Impeachment 2.0

Senate Expected To Take Test Vote On Nomination Of Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh

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Making the Case

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Bonus: Rewriting the Rules

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Lev Parnas Speaks

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Special Delivery

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End of an Impasse

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The Chief Justice Shall Preside

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Like It's 1999

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Impeachment and War

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The President's Oath

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Standoff

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Trump is Impeached

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The 7-Minute Vote

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The View from the White House

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Bonus: The Articles

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Grilling the Lawyers

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We've Got Mail

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The Witnesses: Gordon Sondland

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Bonus episode: Williams and Vindman

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Dug In

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Bonus: Tom Brokaw remembers Watergate

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Analysis

Trump may have gained power but lost political case

It's hard for the president to cast himself as the victim of a system that looks rigged by him — especially after GOP senators say he's guilty.

02:43

Romney: Trump is 'guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust'

01:33

Schumer: Republicans carried out a 'great miscarriage of justice'

01:44

Justice Roberts calls his impeachment role 'ill defined' in closing statement

01:56

McConnell warns against letting 'factional fever' divide Congress

08:39

Senators find Trump 'not guilty' of obstruction of Congress impeachment article

10:35

Senators find Trump 'not guilty' of abuse of power impeachment article

01:04

Roberts says he won’t be tie-breaking vote in impeachment trial

00:52

Schiff says a trial without witnesses is 'no trial at all'

00:57

Schumer: America will remember day Senate ‘turned away from truth’

Watch

01:10

Have Democrats used 'last arrow' against Trump? Chuck weighs in

00:53

'They will lose the war': Carper criticizes Republicans on vote against witnesses

01:53

Philbin: Removing Trump would do 'grave damage to the separation of powers'

07:49

Sen. Alexander a no, Sen. Collins a yes on Trump trial witnesses

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01:05

Collins to vote in favor of impeachment trial witnesses, documents

02:54

Nadler calls out Republicans in closing statement

10:29

GOP senators ask if Bolton’s testimony would make a difference

05:51

Senators ask if impeachment trial outcome could alter balance of power between Congress, White House

02:34

Schiff: Trump lawyer saying Giuliani was not conducting policy 'is a remarkable admission'

02:38

Schiff calls attacks against the whistleblower 'disgraceful'

03:49

Murkowski asks why Senate should not call Bolton as witness

04:08

Dershowitz argues that a quid pro quo 'in the public interest' is not impeachable

02:02

Philbin alleges asking foreign leaders for information not a campaign finance violation

02:22

Pete Williams explains why 'there is no standard in impeachment trials'

03:14

Romney asks when Trump first ordered hold on Ukraine aid

03:25

Dershowitz calls Trump ‘irreplaceable’

03:07

Schiff claims new information against Trump comes out 'every week'

02:53

Lofgren: Trump is first president 'to direct a witness to refuse to cooperate' in impeachment

02:27

Philbin: White House 'was notified' Bolton's manuscript was submitted to the NSC

03:11

Schiff: Trump 'identifies the state as being himself'

03:21

White House defense argues 'sole power of impeachment is assigned to the House'

02:11

Garcia: Impeachment and criminality 'must be assessed separately'

02:52

Schiff: 'Yes of course we asked John Bolton to testify and he refused'

01:13

Sekulow criticizes the use of 'unsourced' report on Bolton's book

03:11

Cipollone uses 'prophetic' video of Democrats arguing against impeachment

00:52

Sekulow: Was Trump's call with Ukraine a 'Biden-free zone?'

01:07

Sekulow: You are being asked to remove Trump 'in an election year'

02:37

Bondi focuses on Burisma, Biden allegations in Trump impeachment trial

02:45

Trump lawyer Jane Raskin says Giuliani is House managers' 'colorful distraction'

01:50

Sekulow claims 'no witness' testified to Trump engaging in quid pro quo

01:34

Ken Starr, who led Clinton probes, says U.S. is living in 'age of impeachment'

01:49

Romney on Bolton testimony: 'It's relevant and therefore I'd like to hear it'

02:33

Sekulow: Trump has withheld foreign aid 'a number of times,' not just for Ukraine

01:59

Trump defense lawyer begins by going after Schiff

01:40

Cipollone: House managers are asking to 'overturn' the last election

01:44

Schumer: Trump's team 'made a really compelling case' for witnesses

03:49

Chris Murphy: Trump defense 'helped our case to win a vote on witnesses'

02:26

Schiff claims Trump's lawyers 'do not contest' the facts in the impeachment trial

03:07

Schiff: ‘Give America a fair trial’

01:37

Nadler says Trump 'is a dictator' trying to obstruct congress

01:00

Trump’s lawyer promises ‘sneak preview’ of ‘compelling’ impeachment defense

00:55

Schumer: Trump’s lawyers have ‘work cut out for them’ defending the president

02:27

Schiff: Trump has a ‘pretty thin skin’

00:33

Senators receive 700 pounds of Hershey’s chocolate for impeachment trial

01:30

Schiff: Senate will 'give no refuge' to witnesses who claim executive privilege

01:05

Schumer: Republicans 'don't want to hear the true facts' during impeachment

07:37

House managers use side-by-side comparisons to Trump’s actions and other presidents

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Behind the scenes

How the Democratic House managers prepped their trial presentation

08:30

Schiff: ‘If right doesn’t matter, we’re lost’

01:23

Nadler: Senators cast a 'treacherous vote' if they deny witnesses

02:24

Crow: ‘To this day there is no other explanation’ for Ukraine funds hold

01:31

Jeffries: We should 'subpoena the Baseball Hall of Fame' to see who voted against Jeter

01:55

Democrats address claims about the Bidens during the Senate impeachment trial

01:15

Schumer: Republicans are 'inventing' outrages to distract from vote on witnesses

03:08

Nadler uses clip of Graham from Clinton impeachment to make case for high crimes

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analysis

Trump schools the Senate on the exercise of power

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Four House Judiciary witnesses' opening statements

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Republican report on impeachment inquiry

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State Dept. official Catherine Croft

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State Dept. official Christopher Anderson

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Laura Cooper, Pentagon official overseeing Ukraine

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Fiona Hill, former Trump aide on Russia

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Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council

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George Kent, State Department official

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Bill Taylor, Ukraine diplomat

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Testimony of Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union

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Kurt Volker, former U.S. envoy to Ukraine

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Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine

04:17

Trump attacks top diplomat during day two of public impeachment hearings

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Impeachment Inquiry

House impeaches Trump, setting up Senate trial

Trump was impeached by the House on Dec. 18, 2019, setting up the Senate trial. Featured below are videos from the House Intel and Judiciary Committees' impeachment hearings.

07:13

Watch historic impeachment debate and vote in 7 minutes

03:51

Trump rails against impeachment at rally held during vote

01:22

House impeaches Trump for obstruction of Congress

00:16

House votes to impeach Trump for abuse of power

03:05

McCarthy warns against impeachment becoming 'an exercise of raw political power'

01:34

'We do not have kings, we have presidents': Lewis supports impeachment

02:07

Amash: Trump 'has abused and violated the public trust'

02:39

Schiff: Republicans have 'made their choice' to support party over country

02:41

Gohmert criticizes impeachment proceedings: 'This country's end is now in sight'

02:11

Nadler on impeachment: 'We cannot rely on the next election as a remedy'

03:38

Maxine Waters: 'This day was not inevitable, but it was predictable'

06:53

Collins: Impeachment vote 'tramples everything this House believes in'

01:18

'What happens tomorrow?': Hurd asks what comes after impeachment

08:34

Pelosi: 'Today we are here to defend democracy for the people'

02:48

Lieu: 'Impeachment is a form of deterrence' and will 'follow' Trump

00:35

Davis: President Trump is 'impeaching himself'

03:06

Cheney: Voting to impeach Trump will 'permanently damage our republic'

02:59

Nunes claims Democrats found a way to 'make a coup attempt boring'

03:10

Jordan: Democrats 'don't care about the process' for impeachment

05:39

Watch how the historic vote in the House Judiciary Committee played out

01:53

Johnson check Gaetz for bringing up Hunter Biden's past substance abuse

02:25

Collins: Democrats have 'lowered the standard' for impeachment

02:28

Raskin criticizes Republican defense of Trump: 'They don't accept the facts'

02:01

Gohmert on impeachment hearing: 'This is a day that will live in infamy'

02:28

Jordan claims charging Trump with abuse of power 'ignores the facts'

01:30

Nadler and Collins clash over point of order as impeachment markup resumes

01:53

Johnson check Gaetz for bringing up Hunter Biden's past substance abuse

00:58

Daniel Goldman: Trump’s actions are 'imminent threat' to elections, national security

01:06

InfoWars host interrupts Nadler opening statement: 'We voted for Donald Trump!'

01:15

Collins calls impeachment inquiry 'focus group impeachment'

02:38

Berke slams Trump impeachment defenses: 'He does not have the right to do whatever he wants'

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04:43

Highlights: Constitutional experts testify in Trump impeachment hearings

03:19

Democrats, Republicans react after House Judiciary hearing

03:42

Pamela Karlan’s impeachment hearing testimony in 3 minutes

09:47

Prof. Feldman: Trump was 'corruptly abusing the office of the presidency'

02:20

Gaetz confronts Karlan for past campaign donations and appearances

02:00

Karlan highlights witness testimony: 'I spent all of Thanksgiving' reading transcripts

03:03

Karlan: We are a strong country, but 'we can still be exploited by foreign countries'

01:59

Prof. Karlan explains how bribery was defined by framers

10:33

Prof. Gerhardt describes Trump's 'defiance of congress' in opening statement

08:52

Prof. Pamela Karlan: Trump’s actions ‘would have horrified’ framers

09:20

Republican witness Jonathan Turley: ‘This is not how you impeach an American president’

10:52

Collins slams impeachment hearing: ‘The clock and the calendar’ are driving inquiry

09:54

Nadler: Trump 'directly and explicitly invited foreign interference'

01:42

Republicans interrupt Nadler as impeachment hearing begins

00:39

Karlan: Trump 'can name his son Barron but he cannot make him a baron'

01:54

Turley compares speaking for the founders to 'a form of necromancy'

00:55

Turley: If you rush impeachment 'you're going to leave half the country behind'

01:17

Turley: Congress commits an 'abuse of power' if it calls going to courts obstruction

Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee listen as Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., questions a witness as part of the panel's impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump on Nov. 13.

PHOTO ESSAY

Impeaching President Donald Trump, in pictures

NBC News’ Frank Thorp captured the scenes on Capitol Hill as the inquiry unfolded.

09:50

Highlights from Yovanovitch's impeachment testimony

01:54

Yovanovitch was 'shocked and devastated' when reading what Trump said about her

02:50

'Very intimidating': Yovanovitch responds to Trump's mid-testimony Twitter attacks

04:45

Yovanovitch: 'The State Department is being hollowed out from within'

01:50

Yovanovitch: Any statement of support 'could be undermined' by a Trump tweet

07:36

Yovanovitch describes being ousted from position: 'No real reason was offered'

20:58

Yovanovitch: I had 'no agenda' while working in Ukraine

11:15

Nunes calls Trump impeachment inquiry 'Watergate fantasies’ for Democrats

06:45

Schiff in opening statement: Yovanovitch was 'tough on corruption' in Ukraine

04:03

Highlights from Day 5 of the public impeachment hearings

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02:40

Holmes recreates moment Sondland told Trump that Zelenskiy 'loves your ass'

08:11

Hill warns against pushing a 'fictional narrative' about Ukraine

02:55

'You may not like the witness' answer but we will hear it': Schiff tells Jordan

38:11

Holmes: ‘I have a clear recollection' of overhearing Trump-Sondland call

08:31

Nunes celebrates ‘merciful end’ to impeachment hearings in opening statement

12:17

Schiff: ‘In the coming days, Congress will determine what response is appropriate’

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impeachment guide

What is impeachment and how does it work? 10 facts to know.

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impeachment timeline

A timeline of events leading up and during the Trump impeachment inquiry

President Trump Hosts Romanian President Klaus Iohannis At White House

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At the heart of aid issue, a debunked conspiracy theory: Clinton's deleted emails are in Ukraine

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What we know about Trump's baseless conspiracy about the Bidens and China

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Were the whistleblower rules changed before Ukraine complaint?

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Trump's false claim that Democrats threatened Ukraine aid

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key takeaways

10 things to know in the whistleblower complaint about Trump and Ukraine

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key lines

Top lines from the text of Trump's phone call with Ukraine's president

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2020 Election

Key questions on political fallout from impeachment inquiry

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Analysis

Trump impeachment inquiry could be pivotal in Warren-Biden primary fight

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Impeachment Inquiry

Forget Trump and Biden. For Ukraine, the scandal is still corruption.

EXCLUSIVE

Top Dem says AG Barr is endangering relationships with key U.S. allies

Impeachment Inquiry

Trump asked Ukraine leader to look into probe of Biden's son, text shows

Legal analysis

Trump's Ukraine conduct may not be criminal, but it could be impeachable

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Impeachment Inquiry

Pelosi announces formal impeachment inquiry of Trump

On Sept. 24, 2019, more than three-quarters of House Democrats had come out in support of an inquiry as Trump's Ukraine scandal grows.