Impeachment Gathering evidence and holding a trial to determine guilt of wrong doing. 2 Part Process -- a simple majority in the House of Representatives.

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Impeachment Gathering evidence and holding a trial to determine guilt of wrong doing. 2 Part Process -- a simple majority in the House of Representatives votes to impeach -- a 2/3 majority in the Senate votes to convict Impeachment in the Constitution Article 1, Sections 2 and 3; Article II, Section 4; and Article III, Section 1- “The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”

WATERGATE and Nixon’s resignation June 17, 1972 - burglars arrested in Watergate building, office of DNC attempting to wiretap phones and steal secret documents Burglars connected to President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign Nixon took steps to cover up crime: - raised “hush money” - tried to stop the FBI from investigating - destroyed evidence - fired uncooperative staff August 1974: president resigned before he could be impeached Gerald Ford, Nixon’s VP and now President, pardoned Nixon for all the crimes he “committed or may have committed” while in office

Only two presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson in 1868 Bill Clinton in 1998 Resigned before Impeachment process: Richard Nixon in 1974 The 25th Amendment empowers the President’s appointed cabinet by majority vote to transfer the powers of the President to the Vice President. This has never happened.