Impeachment To bring formal charges against a high ranking official

Process Impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative body to remove a government official without that official's agreement.government The second stage is convictionconviction

Impeachment Proceedings House Brings charges against the President – kinda of serves as the lawyers and presents the evidence against the President The Senate – serves as the Jury – They vote to remove or not to remove the President

Process The impeachment-trial procedure is in two steps. The House of Representatives must first pass "articles of impeachment" by a simple majorityHouse of Representatives The Senate tries the accused. In the case of the impeachment of a President, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the proceedingsSenateChief Justice of the United States

Conviction In order to convict the accused, a two-thirds majority of the senators present is required. Conviction automatically removes the defendant from office. Following conviction, the Senate may vote to further punish the individual by barring them from holding future federal officetwo-thirds majority

2 President have been impeached

Bill Clinton President of the United States Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998, and acquitted by the Senate on February 12, The charges, perjury and obstruction of justice, arose from the Monica Lewinsky scandal and Paula Jones law suit. The trial proceedings were largely party-line, with no Democratic Senators voting for conviction and only five Democratic Representatives voting to impeach. In all, 50 senators voted "not guilty," and 50 voted "guilty" on the obstruction charge. The Senate also acquitted on the charge of perjury with 55 votes cast as "not guilty," and 45 votes as "guilty President of the United StatesBill ClintonimpeachedHouse of RepresentativesDecember SenateFebruary perjuryobstruction of justiceMonica Lewinsky scandalPaula JonesDemocratic

Bill Clinton Article 1: Perjury before Independent Counsel Ken Starr's grand jury. Article 2: Perjury in the Paula Jones civil case. Article 3: Obstruction of Justice related to the Jones case Article 4: Abuse of Power by making perjurious statements to Congress in his answers to the 81 questions posed by the Judiciary Committee.

Andrew Johnson 1868 President Andrew Johnson CHARGE: Serious misconduct Johnson followed the impeachment process until stage 8, Senate vote, when he was acquitted by a margin of one vote. He completed his term.