JUST THE FACTS, MAN. 2018 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE VOTED, BY 9,000,000 MORE VOTES FOR THE DEMOCRATS THAN THE REPUBLICANS, FOR THE MAIN REASON TO PUT A CHECK ON DONALD TRUMP AS PRESIDENT. CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE RAISED UP THAT REQUIRE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TO DO THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY, BEYOND OUR DEMOCRACY, TO OUR REPUBLIC, WITHOUT TIME TO WAIT FOR THE 2020 ELECTIONS, TO STOP THE PRESIDENT IN HIS TRACKS, AS HE, VIOLATES THE VERY DEMOCRACY THAT ORIGINALLY ELECTED HIM, NOW REQUIRING CONGRESS TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIONS, THROUGH IMPEACHMENT. FORMER, GENERAL JIM MATTIS, SAID ALL HIS LIFE HE HAS WORRIED ABOUT FOREIGN THREATS & INVASIONS, UNTIL NOW--NOW HE WORRIES ABOUT THE ENEMIES FROM WITHIN OUR OWN COUNTRY OR DOMESTIC THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY, DEMOCRACY AND TO OUR UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION! DEMOCRATS ARE PRESERVING THE CONSTITUTION AND THE DEMOCRACY. THE GOP ARE CHEATING TO KEEP THOSE PEOPLE THEY BELIEVE ARE THE ONES WHO SHOULD RETAIN AND CONTROL THE POWER IN THE UNITED STATES, BY ANY MEANS, POSSIBLE. THE REASON FOR IMPEACHMENT. ON IT! IMPEACHMENT OF A PRESIDENT FROM OFFICE, IS A TWO PART PROCESS: (1) IMPEACHMENT IN THE LOWER HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WHERE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT ARE VOTED ON BY THE MEMBERS--THIS IS MORE LIKE A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION AND INDICTMENT ON SPECIFIC ARTICLES OR CHARGES; (2) THEN, THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT MOVE ON TO A TRIAL IN THE SENATE, AND THIS IS CONDUCTED MUCH LIKE A REAL TRIAL, WITH THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, PRESIDING, LIKE A NORMAL JUDGE IN A TRIAL. THE SENATE, WITH 2 SENATORS FOR EVERY STATE, ACTING AT THE JURY, REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE IN THEIR STATE, SIT IN JUDGMENT OF THE ACCUSED. NOW, MOSCOW MITCH, LEADER OF THE MAJORITY IN THE SENATE, HAS ALREADY, BLOWN THE TRIAL, SAYING HE IS GOING TO BE IN "TOTAL COORDINATION" WITH THE WHITE HOUSE? WHAT A DUMB ASS! THAT IS LIKE THE JURY FOREMAN, ALREADY, DECIDING FOR THE DEFENDANT OR SUSPECT, WITHOUT THE FACTS, THE EVIDENCE, THE WITNESSES TESTIMONIES, OR THE PROSECUTIONS CASE, THEN, THE LEGAL DEFENSE OF THE PRESIDENT? IS MITCH THAT STUPID? WE HAVE A SEPARATION OF POWERS, A WALL OF SEPARATION, BETWEEN, THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE LEGISLATIVE, THE EXECUTIVE, AND THE JUDICIAL. SO, IN OTHER WORDS, MITCH, IS SAYING, NO MATTER WHAT EVIDENCE, FACTS, STATEMENTS BY WITNESSES, SAY, I AS THE LEADER OF THE REPUBLICANS, IN THE SENATE, WILL CLOSE OUR EYES, EARS, AND MOUTHS, AND VIOLATE THE RULE OF LAW, THE CONSTITUTION, THE DEMOCRACY, THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ALLOW THIS PRESIDENT, IN EVERY ASPECT, LIKE KING GEORGE, OF ENGLAND, THAT DREW THE IRE OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, LEADING THEM TO MAKE THEIR DECLARATIVE STATEMENTS OF INDEPENDENCE IN THE "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE" REFUSING TO ACCEPT THE ABUSE OF POWER AND OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS, THEREIN THE OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, REFUSING, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS, OR EVEN SHOWING UP AT THE HOUSE LEVEL, NOW COORDINATING WITH THE SENATE? THAT SOUNDS, LIKE, MITCH, BOY, NEEDS TO BE IMPEACHED ALSO! THAT IS NOT THE WAY THINGS WORK IN AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TRUMP AND HIS ATTORNEYS, THINK, THEY ARE GOING TO CONTROL, THE SENATE THROUGH MITCH, AND PUT ON A CIRCUS, CALLING, V.P. BIDEN AND HIS SON, TRYING TO DEFLECT, DISTRACT, AND, DIVIDE, THE PROCESS, TAKING THE HEAT OFF THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS WRONG DOING. THE PRESIDENT IS THE ONE ON TRIAL, AS THE DEFENDANT, THE SUSPECT, THE OFFENDER, THE LOSER, WHO, SOUGHT, HIS POLITICAL, INTERESTS, OVER THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY, BY HOLDING THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UKRAINE, COMING INTO OFFICE, WITH RUSSIA FIGHTING ON THEIR BORDER, WITH THE THREAT OF TAKING MORE AND MORE OF UKRAINIAN LAND, JUST LIKE THEY DID, IN CRIMEA! IN A HOT WAR WITH, RUSSIA, THE UKRAINE WAS DEPENDENT ON, THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE WEAPONS AND MILITARY AID, TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT AGAINST RUSSIA, PROTECTING, AMERICA'S ALLIES, AND OUR OWN, INTERESTS, AS WELL!

Impeachment in the United States

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The 1999 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, Chief Justice William Rehnquistpresiding.

Impeachment in the United States is the process by which a legislature (usually in the form of the lower house) brings charges against a civil officer of government for crimes alleged to have been committed, analogous to the bringing of an indictment by a grand jury. At the federal level, this is at the discretion of the House of Representatives. Most impeachments have concerned alleged crimes committed while in office, though there have been a few cases in which officials have been impeached and subsequently convicted for crimes committed prior to taking office.^[1] The impeached official remains in office until a trial is held. That trial, and their removal from office if convicted, is separate from the act of impeachment itself. Analogous to a trial before a judge and jury, these proceedings are (where the legislature is bicameral) conducted by the upper house of the legislature, which at the federal level is the Senate. However, impeachment is not a criminal proceeding, as the defendant does not risk forfeiture of life, liberty or property; the only penalty is removal from office upon conviction by two-thirds of the senators present. Upon conviction (no president or vice-president has ever been convicted), a second vote is held to determine, by majority vote of the senators present, if the convicted office holder shall be barred from holding further federal office.

Impeachment may occur at the federal level or the state level. The federal House can impeach federal officials, including the President, and each state's legislature can impeach state officials, including the governor, in accordance with their respective federal or state constitution.