US IMPEACHMENT

The President and civil office bearers

could be removed
if found guilty by Congress
of
treason,
bribery or
other high crimes and misdemeanors
The sole authority under the Constitution to bring articles of
impeachment is vested in the House of Representatives
where proceedings can begin in the Judiciary Committee.

If the House approves articles of impeachment, or

"impeaches" a president, he or she would then be subject
to trial in the US Senate
Impeachment in the 435-member
House must be approved with a
simple majority
 A two-thirds majority vote is
required in the 100-member
Senate to convict and remove a
president from office
 During the trial, the
Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
presides over the trial
 An unlikely Senate conviction that
removed Trump from office would
automatically elevate The Vice President
to become president, completing the
term, which ends on January 20, 2021.
Other than Trump, only two other US presidents have
ever been successfully impeached and in neither
instance was the president removed from office.
Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868
and
Bill Clinton in 1998
 Both times, the House approved
formal charges and impeached
the president, only to have the
Senate fail to convict and remove
them
 The House Judiciary Committee in 1974 voted to
recommend impeachment accusing another
president, Richard Nixon, of planning to obstruct an
investigation in the Watergate scandal.
Before the full House could vote on impeachment,
Nixon became the only US president ever to resign