Has Donald Trump been impeached a third time and when did it happen?
Executive summary
As of the available reporting, Donald Trump has not been impeached a third time; the record shows House measures introduced in 2025 (for example H.Res.353 and H.Res.537) and multiple articles filed by individual Democrats, but no completed third House impeachment is documented in the cited sources [1] [2] [3]. Reporting from April–July 2025 documents efforts, proposals and at least one member filing articles, while commentators and advocacy groups predict or call for a third impeachment if Democrats win the House — but those are plans and campaigns, not final impeachments [3] [4] [5].
1. What the congressional record shows: bills and resolutions introduced, not a completed impeachment
Congress.gov entries in 2025 list resolutions titled “Impeaching Donald John Trump” (for example H.Res.353 and H.Res.537), showing that House members drafted formal articles and text alleging “high crimes and misdemeanors,” but the presence of those resolutions in the record is not the same as the House voting to impeach — the sources document introduction and text of articles [1] [2]. Available sources do not document a successful House vote resulting in a third impeachment.
2. Individual members have filed or pledged articles; floor action remains unclear
Reporting and compilations note that Democrats such as Shri Thanedar and Representative Al Green introduced articles or announced intentions to pursue impeachment in 2025; Wikipedia’s timeline records Thanedar bringing seven articles in May 2025 and other members signaling filings or plans [3]. Advocacy groups and activists have also celebrated House actions when they occurred, but the record in our sources distinguishes individual filings from a full House impeachment vote [6] [3].
3. Media and opinion pieces describe a realistic possibility but no completed third impeachment
Numerous outlets and commentators treat a third impeachment as plausible — citing patterns of alleged “abuses of power” in 2025 and arguing the political case for new articles — yet these are analyses, predictions, and opinion [7] [4] [8]. News organizations and think pieces describe both the legal arguments for impeachment and the political obstacles, including Republican control of congressional chambers in 2025, which make passage and conviction unlikely [9] [4].
4. Political context and strategy: impeachment as a campaign issue
Republican strategists and news outlets explicitly signal that the threat or promise of a “third impeachment” has become a midterm political messaging tool: Republicans warn voters that Democrats would impeach again if they win the House, while Democrats debate whether impeachment is worth pursuing versus other oversight tools [5] [10]. This demonstrates impeachment functions as both a legislative possibility and a political cudgel; the sources record plans and rhetoric rather than a completed constitutional action [5] [10].
5. Legal mechanics and practical barriers highlighted by scholars
Analysts and legal scholars cited in the reporting emphasize two constraints: the House must vote to impeach (simple majority) and the Senate must convict (two-thirds) for removal; with Republican control of one or both chambers in 2025, many experts described renewed impeachment efforts as unlikely to succeed in producing removal even if articles reached the floor [9] [8]. Opinion pieces note multiple alleged “impeachable” acts in 2025 but stop short of asserting a completed impeachment absent a House vote [4].
6. How to interpret the difference between “filed articles” and “impeached”
The sources make a clear procedural distinction: individual members can file or introduce articles of impeachment (which happens frequently), but the constitutional act of impeachment requires a House majority vote to adopt articles and send them to the Senate. Several sources catalogue introductions and proposals in 2025 but do not report a House adoption and transmission that would constitute a third impeachment [1] [2] [3].
7. Bottom line and limitations of this briefing
Based strictly on the provided sources, Donald Trump has not been impeached a third time; the documentation shows proposed resolutions and individual filings in 2025 but no source here reports a House vote accomplishing a third impeachment [1] [2] [3]. If you want confirmation beyond these materials — for example, a House roll-call showing adoption of articles or a Senate trial — that is not found in the current reporting and would require checking updated congressional floor records or major news outlets after the latest cited items.