No,l they were not, to initiate official proceedings you need to pass a vote, the vote was not passed, and it won't be since the Dems decided to withdraw (probably to hide the nothing burger they have), you know you can't just criminally persecute someone without probable cause right? Sorry, it's 4 more years of Trump any way you slice it, he is slated to win in an even bigger landslide in 2020, and Democrats are a house divided, tearing each other apart at every opportunity, they are trying to remove Trump illegally because they know they stand no chance of beating him in 2020.