Presidents: Impeachment and Trial
Impeachment: House of Representatives
- Impeachment is formal accusation or indictment.
- For charges of ěTreason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors.î
- Articles of Impeachment list charges.
- If articles are adopted by a majority vote in the House, the president is impeached.
- The Senate sits as the trial court.
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- Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court presides over the trial of a president.
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- Two-thirds vote required for conviction and removal from office.