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Jeffries named House impeachment manager in Trump's first trial

On 15 January 2020 Speaker Nancy Pelosi named Representative Hakeem Jeffries, then chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, one of seven House managers to present the impeachment case against President Donald Trump in the Senate. The team was led by Adam Schiff, and five of its seven members, Jeffries among them, sat on the House Judiciary Committee.

Hakeem Jeffries (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 15 January 2020 Speaker Nancy Pelosi named Representative Hakeem Jeffries, then chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, one of seven House managers to present the impeachment case against President Donald Trump in the Senate. The team was led by Adam Schiff, and five of its seven members, Jeffries among them, sat on the House Judiciary Committee.

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    Jeffries named House impeachment manager in Trump's first trial. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.npr.org — sourcenpr.org · verified
  2. 2.cnbc.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200 no redirect (b1v2 swap), claim: schiff+lead+impeachment manager · verified
  3. 3.cnn.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: jeffries+impeachment+manager · verified
  4. 4.nypost.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: jeffries+impeachment+manager · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Jeffries named House impeachment manager in Trump's first trial. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/jeffries-impeachment-manager-trump-trial-2020-01-15

https://factrail.ai/facts/jeffries-impeachment-manager-trump-trial-2020-01-15

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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