it has been in the works since before donald trump was even th republican nominee. let s go to political april 26 of 2016. could trump be impeached shortl after he takes office? impeachment is already on the lips of many. one of those members of congres was yes, jerry nadler himself. he chaired the democrats one week, impeachment proceeding, ivory tower professors one of which wanted to impeach trump for tweeting out the words fake news. in november of 2016, he explained, we can t wait for years to vote mr. trump out of office so we must do everything we can do to stop trump and his extreme agenda. that was november 20, 2016. a few months later january 20