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Impeachment. Global 2. Impeach. Main Entry: 1 im·peach Pronunciation: \ im-pēch \ Function: transitive verb a : to bring an accusation against

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  1. Impeachment Global 2

  2. Impeach • Main Entry: 1im·peach • Pronunciation: \im-pēch\ • Function: transitive verb • a: to bring an accusation against • b: to charge with a crime or misdemeanor; specifically: to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal with misconduct in office • c: to remove from office especially for misconduct

  3. Can only presidents be impeached?

  4. Constitution • Article 1, Section 2 (Clause 5): The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment. • Article 1, Section 3 (Clause 6):The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present. • Article 1, Section 3 (Clause 7):The Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. • Article II, Section 4 (Clause 1):The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

  5. Nixon’s Letter of Resignation August 9, 1974

  6. Watergate Casualties • one presidential resignation • one vice-presidential resignation • 40 government officials indicted or jailed • H.R. Haldeman & John Erlichman (White House staff) resigned 30 April 1973, subsequently jailed • John Dean (White House legal counsel) sacked 30 April 1973, subsequently jailed • John Mitchell, Attorney-General and Chairman of the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP) jailed • Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy (ex-White House staff), planned the Watergate break-in, both jailed • Charles Colson, special counsel to the President jailed • James McCord (Security Director of CREEP) jailed Jailed Jailed Jailed Jailed Jailed Jailed Jailed