Impeachment

Following the violent attacks on the U.S. Capitol last week, lawmakers are calling for the impeachment of Donald Trump. Let's look at some biblical principles that speak to the issue at hand.

The U.S. House of Representatives is excepted to attempt to impeach President Trump for the second time in his presidency.

Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger is calling for President Trump’s removal from office via impeachment following the violent attacks by rioters in Washington D.C. on Wednesday.

Republican Senator Mitt Romney stood before his peers on Wednesday, citing his "deeply religious" convictions as the reason he must vote to convict the President in the impeachment trial.

Mitt Romney stood before his peers Wednesday afternoon and cited his faith as the reason he felt compelled to vote to convict President Trump on the impeachment charges.

Film director Spike Lee said in an interview this week that senators who placed their hand on a Bible when they took the oath of office and vote to acquit President Trump will "burn in Hell."

When the final vote comes to impeach the president in the Senate, sixty-seven senators will be required to convict the president. While this is considered highly unlikely, note that a number of Americans smaller than the smallest county in America (Kalawao County, Hawaii, with eighty-eight residents) could remove a president from office for the first time in US history.

Democrat Senator Doug Jones says he is unsure of how he will vote on the Senate impeachment of the President.

As the impeachment trial continues, across the world in China, there is a coronavirus outbreak.

The first day of President Trump’s impeachment trial concluded Tuesday after a 12-hour marathon session, with senators approving rules for the trial after several tense exchanges over the specifics.

Democratic House managers will begin presenting their case Wednesday.

Here are five key takeaways from the first day:

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