The Impeachment of President Donald J. Trump

<p>The House of Representatives has impeached President Trump, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. We traveled to Michigan to understand how a fractious Democratic Party ultimately united around impeachment, having started the year divided over the issue. Guests: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/podcasts/the-daily/house-democrats-elissa-slotkin.html" target="_blank">Representative Elissa Slotkin</a> and<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/podcasts/the-daily/house-democrats-rashida-tlaib.html" target="_blank"> Representative Rashida Tlaib</a>, Democrats of Michigan. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. </p><p>Background reading:</p><ul><li>Mr. Trump became only<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/us/politics/trump-impeached.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> the third president in American history to be impeached</a>, as the House charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The votes were<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/18/us/politics/trump-impeachment-vote.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> largely along party lines</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/podcasts/the-daily/impeachment-trump.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">Moderate Democrats encouraged their party</a> to begin the impeachment inquiry. Now, those representatives face<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/us/politics/slotkin-impeachment.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> a reckoning with that decision</a>.</li><li>Are you confused by the impeachment process?<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/politics/what-is-impeachment-process.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> Here’s how it works</a>.</li></ul>