Name: Trump impeachment explained - BBC News
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Washington Democrats made up their minds to impeach President Trump before he was even inaugurated.

Donald Trump is a living, breathing, impeachable offenses.

Donald Trump is facing an impeachment trial.

Again, no president has ever Bean impeached twice on no president has ever gone on trial after leaving office.

It's fair to say we're in pretty uncharted territory.

Donald Trump is accused of inciting violence against the government, specifically this the storming of Congress by thousands of his supporters.

But his accusers say you have to go back a couple of months toe last November's presidential election, we know there was massive fraud.

If you count the legal votes, I easily win.

Not only that, but when the state of Georgia was getting ready to hold a second round of voting to settle two very close Senate races, Mr.

Trump is accused of trying to intervene illegally.

It all came to a head on January the sixth, when Congress was due to confirm the results of the presidential election.

In a long, bitter speech, Mr Trump railed against the entire election process.

We fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not gonna have a country anymore.

Within minutes of him finishing, some of his supporters were breaking into the Capitol building.

But did the president actually incite violence?

America's First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech, gives Mr Trump lots of leeway to say pretty much whatever he wants.

Short of ordering his supporters to storm the capital, which he did not do, I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotic Lee, Make your voices heard.

It will be up to the Senate's 100 members to decide if Mr Trump is guilty or not On, the Democrats will need at least 17 Republicans to join them to get a conviction.

Most Republicans think the trial shouldn't even be happening.

This proceeding we're about to enter is unconstitutional.

Well, then Donald Trump will be the first president to be impeached and convicted.

He'd almost certainly be barred from ever running for public office again, and he could lose his presidential pension and perks.

Thes Democrats could still try and find some other way to punish the former president.

 But to survive impeachment twice in a year, word in the eyes of Mr Trump's loyal base represent another victory against an establishment that's just out to get him, ah, useful platform, perhaps on which to launch another presidential bid. 