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On 26 January 2020, it was proposed that this article be moved from Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump to Impeachment process against Donald Trump. The result of the discussion was Withdrawn by nominator.

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(Top)	19,078	19,078
Background	17	76,628
Previous calls for impeachment	1,374	27,999
Early efforts	6,707	6,707
Special Counsel Mueller's Report	5,049	5,049
After the Special Counsel's Report	14,869	14,869
Trump–Ukraine scandal	67	48,612
Rudy Giuliani and his business associates	16,249	16,249
Withholding of military aid and July 25 phone call	13,873	13,873
Ukraine	13,710	13,710
Further revelations	4,713	4,713
House of Representatives investigations	6,784	115,253
Requests for evidence and White House refusal	7,695	37,958
Subpoenas for documents	6,453	6,453
Requests and subpoenas to appear	23,810	23,810
Depositions	2,533	57,758
Early depositions: October 11–17, 2019	14,411	14,411
Bill Taylor	5,460	5,460
Republican protest and legal challenges	9,060	9,060
Alexander Vindman	6,491	6,491
October 30–31, 2019	6,739	6,739
White House officials refuse to be deposed	3,365	3,365
November 6–8, 2019	935	935
November 15–16, 2019	8,764	8,764
Resolution to begin public hearings	2,438	2,438
Release of deposition transcripts	10,315	10,315
Related judicial proceedings	101	16,270
Kupperman v. House of Representatives	4,180	4,180
In re: Don McGahn	7,074	7,074
Request for Grand Jury materials	2,444	2,444
Other proceedings	2,471	2,471
House Intelligence Committee hearings	9,316	30,993
November 13, 2019: Kent and Taylor	3,977	3,977
November 15, 2019: Yovanovitch	3,118	3,118
November 19, 2019	26	6,325
Vindman and Williams	4,077	4,077
Volker and Morrison	2,222	2,222
November 20, 2019	26	5,776
Sondland	3,876	3,876
Cooper and Hale	1,874	1,874
November 21, 2019: Hill and Holmes	2,481	2,481
Final report	8,049	8,049
Responses	16	52,636
White House	7,811	21,016
Trump	13,205	13,205
Whistleblowers and their lawyers	3,548	3,548
Politicians	4,762	20,047
For impeachment inquiry	5,131	5,131
Against impeachment inquiry	10,154	10,154
Legal professionals and academics	42	7,302
Academics	2,571	2,571
Legal professionals	4,689	4,689
Others	707	707
Public opinion	29,472	29,472
See also	621	621
Notes	27	27
References	45	45
Further reading	287	287
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On 22 December 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump to Impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump. The result of the discussion was moved.

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Requested move 11 January 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved as an obvious decision to WP:SPEEDY move now as the second impeachment vote takes place. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:09, 13 January 2021 (UTC) – Muboshgu (talk) 21:09, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump → First impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump – There is more than one impeachment inquiry against the president (See Efforts_to_impeach_Donald_Trump#January_2021). Should be retitled to avoid confusion. Interstellarity (talk) 18:22, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Ribbet32 (talk) 21:28, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support, per nom (Once it gets underway). Likewise for Impeachment of Donald Trump, which is also on the first impeachment process. Xyl 54 (talk) 02:28, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom BigCheese76 (talk) 17:55, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support; the house is convening at 9:00 EST today to kick off the process (i.e. in half an hour) so it's starting.-Ich (talk) 13:27, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A no-brainer. --Tataral (talk) 18:38, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Obviously. --Maxime12346 20:27, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Moving this page was a bad idea

There has been no second "impeachment inquiry" only a second impeachment. I do not understand why this page was moved. If a move was necessary it should have been to 2019 impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump. "First" implies that there was at least a "second", which is not the case here. The Democrats never had a second inquiry in committees. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 19:05, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I get the point being made here, and it makes sense, but I wonder if it would be beneficial to keep this at "first" to ensure continuity with the "first" impeachment and reduce confusion. 331dot (talk) 19:07, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You inquire into something, not against something. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:00, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Pigsonthewing: Would you suggest moving the article to change the preposition to "into"? Graham (talk) 04:31, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Graham11 Yes. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:31, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 23:36, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]