Is Donald trump going to be impeached in 2026
Executive summary
There is active movement to impeach President Donald J. Trump in 2026—multiple members of the House have introduced articles and at least some resolutions have been advanced—but as of the available reporting no full, serious impeachment trial has begun and the outcome hinges on the 2026 midterm results and partisan control of the House and Senate [1] [2] [3] [4]. Predicting an actual impeachment conviction or removal in 2026 is therefore not possible with certainty from current reporting; what is factual is that proposals, petitions, and partisan warnings are accelerating the debate [5] [6] [7].
1. What has actually happened so far: resolutions, votes, petitions
Since late 2025 and into January 2026, several formal impeachment resolutions targeting President Trump were introduced in the House—H.Res.353, H.Res.537, and H.Res.939 among them—and some members have moved to advance articles, with one tally reporting 140 House members voting to advance Al Green’s articles in December 2025 [1] [2] [5] [8]. Activist groups and petitions (for example, Blackout The System and Free Speech For People’s “Impeach Trump Again” campaign) have amplified pressure on lawmakers and collected large numbers of signatures, signaling organized public demand even if institutional momentum varies [7] [6]. News outlets report Democrats’ “rising clamor” for impeachment while many Democratic strategists publicly emphasize economic issues instead, showing a split in priorities within the party [9].
2. The political arithmetic that actually decides impeachment
Impeachment in the House is a political process that requires a majority vote to pass articles and the Senate trial requires a two‑thirds vote to convict and remove; current reporting repeatedly frames the 2026 midterm elections as the decisive factor because party control of the House and Senate determines whether proceedings can move forward and — if they do — whether conviction is possible [3] [10]. House GOP leaders and President Trump himself have warned that losing the House would invite impeachment efforts, and Republicans control the House as of the reporting—making the short‑term likelihood of a successful impeachment low unless the midterms flip control [3] [10].
3. Legal claims versus political strategy: what the resolutions allege
The text of multiple resolutions accuses Trump of abuses of power, incitement, and threats to democratic institutions, with specific language alleging calls for violence, intimidation of judges, and unlawful use of force in foreign policy—claims spelled out in H.Res.537, H.Res.939 and other texts made public on Congress.gov [2] [5]. These are serious allegations framed as “high crimes and misdemeanors,” but advancing from allegation to conviction would require evidence, committee processes, floor votes, and a Senate willing to convict—steps that depend on political incentives as much as legal merits [2] [5].
4. Competing narratives, incentives, and hidden agendas
Advocacy groups and some lawmakers are clearly pushing impeachment as accountability; simultaneously, both parties frame impeachment as a campaign issue: Democrats use it as leverage and a moral claim, while Republicans portray it as partisan retribution and make midterms the defensive front—each side accrues electoral incentives from the debate, which skews priorities reported by outlets and pressure groups [6] [9] [3]. Some resolutions have been introduced by a small cohort of activists and sympathetic lawmakers rather than a unified House majority, an implicit sign that the effort is both earnest and politically targeted rather than institutionally inevitable [8] [11].
5. Bottom line: will Trump be impeached in 2026?
Based on the available reporting, it is definitive that multiple impeachment resolutions exist and that support has grown among some House members and activist groups [1] [2] [8]. It is not definitive that Trump will be impeached (i.e., formalized with House passage of articles and a Senate conviction) in 2026 because control of Congress after the November midterms and the subsequent political calculations determine whether an impeachment can both pass the House and survive a Senate trial—outcomes the current reporting ties directly to the midterm results and which are therefore unpredictable now [3] [4]. In short: impeachment efforts are real and accelerating; a completed impeachment and removal in 2026, however, remain uncertain and contingent on electoral and partisan shifts rather than settled fact [9] [4].