How Donald Trump s Second Impeachment Trial Will Be Different From His First
On 1/25/21 at 4:54 PM EST
Donald Trump made history in the days before his White House departure by becoming the only president to ever be impeached twice. Now, his upcoming trial in the Senate will be just as unprecedented.
While some of the constitutional practices about the trial which will kick off the week of February 8 will remain the same, many aspects of the process will look different from his first impeachment.
One change is that the Supreme Court will not provide a justice to preside over the trial. Instead, Vermont Senator Pat Leahy, the president pro tempore of the upper chamber, will serve in that role. Chief Justice John Roberts oversaw Trump s first trial in February 2020.