The Trump impeachment inquiry in pictures
David Baratz
USA TODAY
Oct. 3, 2019Updated Feb. 5, 2020, 4:57 p.m. ET
US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts walks out of the Senate chamber after the Senate impeachment vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 5, 2020. The US Senate acquitted President Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress following a historic two-week trial.
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Hundreds of protesters converged on Capitol Hill speaking out that the Senate should see all documentary evidence and hear from all potential witnesses in the Senate removal trial of Donald J. Trump on Tuesday Jan. 28, 2020.
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Lev Parnas walks in front of the United States Capitol on the day he received a ticket from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to watch the Senate removal trial of Donald J. Trump on Tuesday Jan. 28, 2020.
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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to members of the media during a break of the Senate impeachment trial against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. The trial moves to its first part of the 16-hour Q&A session today.
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks to members of the press at the Capitol Building during the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. In the next phase of the trial, senators will have the opportunity to submit written questions to the House managers and President Trump's defense team.
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A Senate page brings the first question to presiding officer Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts from the majority to read during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020.
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Alan Dershowitz, an attorney for President Donald Trump, answers a question during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020.
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In this image from video, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 28, 2020.
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This still image taken from a US Senate webcast shows US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts presides in the Senate Chamber at the US Capitol on Jan. 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. - US President Donald Trump's lawyers urged the US Senate Tuesday to reject the charges against him Tuesday, closing their impeachment defense by accusing the Democrats of placing him on trial for political reasons.
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In this image from video, personal attorney to President Donald Trump, Jay Sekulow, speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters in the Senate subway following the conclusion of President Donald Trumps defense teams argument on the seventh day of the Senate impeachment trial of the President on Jan. 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. With both sides having presented their arguments the trial now moves to the phase where Senators may ask questions via written cards that are read allowed by Chief Justice John Roberts.
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Republican Senator from Alaska Lisa Murkowski, left, and Democratic Senator from West Virginia Joe Manchin after adjourning during the second week of the impeachment trial of US President Donald J. Trump in the Senate at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Jan. 28, 2020. President Trump's defense team concluded their presentation. EPA-EFE/ERIK S. LESSER ORG XMIT: ELX27
ERIK S. LESSER, EPA-EFESenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, walks to the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. The second day of the impeachment trial against U.S. President Donald Trump took place on Jan. 22, 2020.
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Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to the media about the upcoming Senate impeachment trial on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Jan. 14, 2020.
MICHAEL REYNOLDS, EPA-EFEU.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, left, arrives at the U.S. Capitol to be sworn in on Jan. 16, 2020 in Washington DC.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYHouse Impeachment Managers, led by the House Clerk and the House Sergeant at Arms walk through the Capitol Rotunda to present the articles to the Senate on jan. 15, 2020. The following morning, on Jan. 16, Rep. Adam Schiff read the articles of impeachment on the Senate floor.
Jasper Colt, USA TODAYSpeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announces the impeachment managers at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 15, 2020. Pelosi named seven people as managers: Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y.; and Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; Val Demings, D-Fla.; Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.; Jason Crow, D-Colo.; and Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas. Schiff was named the lead manager.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYSpeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), center, joins House Leadership including Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY), third from left, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, left, at a press conference on Dec. 18, 2019 following the vote by House of Representatives on the articles of impeachment against Donald J. Trump.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYA printed copy of H.Res. 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump is seen on a table as the House Judiciary Committee continues debate to markup the Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump in Washington, DC on Dec. 12, 2019.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYPresident Donald Trump rails against journalists asking questions about an impeachment inquiry during a joint news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the East Room of the White House on Oct. 2, 2019 in Washington, D.C.
Chip Somodevilla, Getty ImagesUkraine President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky shows an ancient Bulava (historic symbol of the state power) during his inauguration in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, on May 20, 2019. The whistleblower complaint alleges that during a July 25, 2019, phone call President Donald Trump "sought to pressure the Ukrainian leader to take actions to help the President's 2020 reelection bid."
SERGEY DOLZHENKO, EPA-EFEThe White House released on Sept. 25, 2019, a memorandum of the phone call, one day after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced a formal impeachment inquiry due to a whistleblower complaint regarding the call.
Alex Wong, Getty ImagesDuring the July 25, 2019, call with Trump, Zelensky said "We are ready to continue to cooperate for the next steps specifically we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes." According to the whistleblower complaint, "on July 18, an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) official informed Departments and Agencies that the President 'earlier that month' had issued instructions to suspend all U.S. security assistance to Ukraine." Seen here, Australian Army soldiers fire a Javelin anti-tank missile during Exercise Chong Ju at the Puckapunyal Military Area on May 9, 2019 in Seymour, Australia.
Scott Barbour, Getty ImagesJoseph Maguire, acting Director of National Intelligence, testifies about his decision to not share a whistleblower complaint in front of the House Select Committee on Intelligence on Sept. 26, 2019 in Washington, D.C.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYIn the July 25 telephone call conversation with Zelensky, Trump refers to Attorney General William Barr and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani several times. Seen here, President Trump hands over the podium to Attorney General William Barr while participating in an announcement on U.S. citizenship and the census in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2019.
MICHAEL REYNOLDS, EPA-EFETrump and Zelensky met in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25, 2019.
SAUL LOEB, AFP/Getty ImagesZelensky shakes hands with Secretary of Energy Rick Perry following Zelensky's inauguration ceremony on May 20, 2019, in Kiev, Urkraine. The whistleblower complaint alleges that Trump instructed Pence to cancel his plans to attend Zelensky's May 20 inauguration. Perry went instead.
Mykola Lazarenko, Ukrainian Presidential Press ServiceSupporters of President Donald Trump hold a "Stop Impeachment" rally in front of the US Capitol Oct. 17, 2019 in Washington, DC.
OLIVIER DOULIERY, AFP Via Getty ImagesActing White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney answers questions during a briefing at the White House Oct. 17, 2019 in Washington, DC. Mulvaney acknowledged that aid to Ukraine at the center of a House impeachment inquiry was withheld in part because of the president's desire for the country to investigate potential corruption regarding U.S. domestic politics.
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Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine, arrives to be deposed behind closed doors amid the US House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry into President Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Oct. 22, 2019.
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Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., opens a door to enter a restricted area to attend the closed-door deposition of Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the State Department, Philip Reeker (not pictured); amid the US House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry into President Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Oct. 26, 2019.
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Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, arrives at a closed session before the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees Oct. 29, 2019 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Vindman was on Capitol Hill to testify to the committees for the ongoing impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
Alex Wong, Getty ImagesHouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (C), speaks during a news conference after the close of a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives on a resolution formalizing the impeachment inquiry centered on U.S. President Donald Trump Oct. 31, 2019 in Washington, DC. The resolution, passed by a vote of 232-196, creates the legal framework for public hearings, procedures for the White House to respond to evidence and the process for consideration of future articles of impeachment by the full House of Representatives.
Mark Wilson, Getty ImagesActivists hold a banner asking for the impeachment of President Donald Trump on Nov. 5, 2019 in front of the White House in Washington, DC.
MANDEL NGAN, AFP Via Getty ImagesState Department Ukraine-Russia expert George Kent, left, and William B. Taylor, Jr., the top American diplomat in Ukraine are sworn in on Nov. 13, 2019 ahead of testifying before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as the first witnesses in public congressional hearings in the impeachment inquiry into allegations President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYTop U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, left, and Career Foreign Service officer George Kent are sworn in prior to testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 13, 2019, during the first public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents.
Pool Photo By Jim Lo ScalzoFrom left, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif. and ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., listen as Steve Castor, Republican staff attorney for the House Oversight Committee addresses Former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch on Nov. 15, 2019 during testimony before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in a public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into allegations President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYGolden Doodle therapy dog, 'Blue,' greets Congressional staff during a "Meet the Pets: Destress with Post-Election Therapy Dogs" event on Nov. 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. Pet Partners and the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) organized the event to offer congressional staff a stress break and to share stories of how therapy animals help people of all ages in many settings. Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, in the first public impeachment hearings in more than two decades, House Democrats are trying to build a case that President Donald Trump committed extortion, bribery or coercion by trying to enlist Ukraine to investigate his political rival in exchange for military aide and a White House meeting that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky sought with Trump.
Mark Makela, Getty ImagesLive testimony of the House impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump is shown on a television at the Billy Goat Tavern on Nov. 13, 2019 in Chicago, Ill. In the first public impeachment hearings in more than two decades, House Democrats are making a case that U.S. President Donald Trump committed extortion, bribery or coercion by trying to enlist Ukraine to investigate political rivals in exchange for military aid and a White House meeting that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky sought with Trump.
Scott Olson, Getty ImagesDaniel Goldman, director of investigations for the House Intelligence Committee majority staff, left, addresses Former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch on Nov. 15, 2019 as she testifies before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in a public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into allegations President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. is seen at right.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYWilliam B. Taylor, Jr., the top American diplomat in Ukraine arrives to testify before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Nov. 13, 2019 as the first witnesses in public congressional hearings in the impeachment inquiry into allegations President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYRanking member Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., left, looks on as Steve Castor, Republican staff legal counsel of the House Oversight Committee questions William B. Taylor, Jr., the top American diplomat in Ukraine along with State Department Ukraine-Russia expert George Kent during testimony on Nov. 13, 2019 before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as the first witnesses in public congressional hearings in the impeachment inquiry into allegations President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYFormer Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch testifies before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Nov. 15, 2019 in a public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into allegations President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYJennifer Williams, a foreign policy aide to Vice President Mike Pence, and Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Ukraine expert for the National Security Council, testify on Nov. 19, 2019.
Jack Gruber/USA TODAYLt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Ukraine expert for the National Security Council, testifies on Nov. 19, 2019 before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in a public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into allegations President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.
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Briefing books related to the impeachment hearing are displayed as Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (C), National Security Council Director for European Affair and Jennifer Williams, adviser to Vice President Mike Pence for European and Russian affairs, testify before the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill Nov. 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony during the third day of open hearings in the impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump, who House Democrats say withheld U.S. military aid for Ukraine in exchange for Ukrainian investigations of his political rivals.
Chip Somodevilla, Getty ImagesJennifer Williams, a foreign policy aide to Vice President Mike Pence, delivers opening remarks as she testifies on Nov. 19, 2019 before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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A transcript of a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is displayed as Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, National Security Council Director for European Affair and Jennifer Williams, adviser to Vice President Mike Pence for European and Russian affairs, testify before the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill Nov. 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony during the third day of open hearings in the impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump, who House Democrats say withheld U.S. military aid for Ukraine in exchange for Ukrainian investigations of his political rivals.
Drew Angerer, Getty ImagesLt. Col. Alexander Vindman, center, a Ukraine expert for the National Security Council, returns to the hearing room during a break in testimony on Nov. 19, 2019 before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYGordon Sondland, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, is sworn in as he testifies before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Nov. 20, 2019 in a public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into allegations President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYGordon Sondland, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, arrives to testify before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Nov. 20, 2019 in a public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into allegations President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAY11/20/19 5:39:25 PM -- Washington, DC -- Defense Department official Laura Cooper and David Hale, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, testify before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in a public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into allegations President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals. -- Photo by Jack Gruber, USA TODAY Staff
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYNational Security Council official Fiona Hill testifies before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Nov. 21, 2019.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYState department official David Holmes testifies before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Nov. 21, 2019.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYNational Security Council official Fiona Hill and State department official David Holmes testify before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Nov. 21, 2019 in a public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into allegations President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.
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A list of high crimes and misdemeanors are listed on a monitor as constitutional scholars Noah Feldman of Harvard University, Pamela Karlan of Stanford University, Michael Gerhardt of the University of North Carolina, and Jonathan Turley of George Washington University testify before the House Judiciary Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill Dec. 4, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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Constitutional scholars, from left, Noah Feldman, Pamela S. Karlan, Michael Gerhardt and Jonathan Turley are sworn in as the House Judiciary Committee holds the first formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump to explore how the Constitution applies to allegations of misconduct on Dec. 4, 2019.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYRep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Chairman, Judiciary Committee, left, speaks with senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee, Doug Collins (R-GA) before the House Judiciary Committee receives counsel presentations of evidence as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Dec. 9, 2019 in Washington.
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Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif, second from left and Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, center, sit behind Republican staff attorney Steve Castor as the House Judiciary Committee receives counsel presentations of evidence as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Dec. 9, 2019 in Washington.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYRep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., left, listens as Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks during the House Judiciary Committee markup of H.Res. 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump in Washington, DC on Dec. 12, 2019.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYRep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, left listens as Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio speaks during the House Judiciary Committee markup of H.Res. 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump in Washington, DC on Dec. 12, 2019.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYRep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. speaks as the House Judiciary Committee markup of H.Res. 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump in Washington, DC on Dec. 12, 2019.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYRep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., left, holds up a copy of the U.S. Constitution as she and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., participate in a roll call vote in the House Judiciary Committee on the articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump in Washington, DC on Dec. 13, 2019.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAYHouse Judiciary Committee ranking member Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., right, speaks as Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., listens during the markup of H.Res. 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump in Washington, DC on Dec. 12, 2019.
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