Impeachment

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


Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 provides: The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

— U.S. ConstitutionArticle II, section 4
The power of impeachment is limited to removal from office but also provides for a removed officer to be disqualified from holding future office. Fines and potential jail time for crimes committed while in office are left to civil courts.

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