Is Donald Trump being impeached? What to know about the process, votes, and his 2 previous impeachments.
President Donald Trump, the only U.S. president to be impeached twice, thinks he could be again if Republicans lose control of the House in the midterms.
“You’ve got to win the midterms,” Trump told House Republicans on Jan. 6 at the newly named “Trump-Kennedy Center.” “If we don’t win the midterms, it’s just going to be – they’ll find a reason to impeach me.”
Trump’s whirlwind of his first year back in office has been met with many legal challenges, and some Democrats have moved to impeach him. But without control of either chamber of Congress, those resolutions were always a long shot and did not gain momentum.
Here is what to know about Trump’s previous impeachments and efforts to impeach him in his second term.
What does impeachment mean?
An impeachment is akin to an indictment; it approves formal charges against a federal officeholder who has been accused of committing a crime.
The articles (charges) of impeachment must be adopted by a simple majority vote in the House before the Senate holds an impeachment trial. When a president is on trial, the Supreme Court chief justice presides.
If the Senate votes by a two-thirds majority to convict, only then can the accused be removed from office. Sometimes, that also means they can never hold office again.
Has Trump been impeached in 2025 or 2026?
No, but some Democrats have introduced resolutions to impeach, though they have not been backed by the whole party. Also, they were always unlikely to be successful given the Republicans’ control of the House and Senate.
Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Michigan, introduced an impeachment resolution in April 2025, citing a “sweeping abuse of power, flagrant violations of the Constitution, and acts of tyranny that undermine American democracy and threaten the rule of law.” He opted not to force a vote on it at the last minute, according to Politico.
Texas Democrat Rep. Al Green has also introduced multiple resolutions to impeach. The most recent one introduced on Dec. 10 was tabled by a 237-140 vote, including 23 Democrats who voted to table it.
How many times has Trump been impeached?
Trump has been impeached twice, though the Senate acquitted him both times.
In December 2019, the House voted to impeach Trump on two articles, one charging him with abuse of power by asking Ukrainian officials to investigate his political opponent and another that he obstructed the congressional investigation into the matter. In February 2020, the Senate voted to acquit the president, and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, was the only Republican to cross party lines in voting to convict.
In January 2021, the House voted to impeach Trump again, charging the president with “incitement to insurrection” related to the events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 10 Republicans broke ranks and voted with Democrats to impeach Trump. Only two of those 10 lawmakers are still in office, and one of them has said he will not seek re-election in 2026. The others retired from Congress or lost their races.
The Senate trial occurred after Trump left office, and some Republicans found it unnecessary since he was no longer in power. A majority voted to convict with seven Republicans crossing party lines, but the 57-43 vote fell short of the two-thirds majority needed for a conviction. Because he was acquitted, there was no vote to bar him from holding office again.
What other presidents have been impeached?
Three presidents have been impeached, but all were acquitted after the Senate trial. They were:
- Andrew Johnson in 1868
- Bill Clinton in 1998
- Trump in 2019 and 2021