impeach
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There have been calls, within his own party, to investigate and impeach the governor, who had been spoken of as a potential presidential candidate in 2028.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
That practice by Nixon of dangling pardons was in fact one of the grounds on which the House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach him.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
Peru's Congress has voted to impeach interim President José Jerí just four months into his term for failing to disclose meetings with Chinese businessmen.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
“I wouldn’t vote to impeach the president,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Russo told reporters he was going to turn his attention to the effort to impeach President Nixon.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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If the House impeaches Paxton, he would be forced to leave office immediately.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2023
This includes evidence that impeaches the prosecutor’s case.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022
The House of Representatives impeaches the president by bringing formal charges against the president, and the Senate tries the case in a proceeding overseen by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
"Once the House impeaches, the House has impeached the president. And then that hearing goes to the Senate," she said on Tuesday, according to MSNBC.
From Fox News ● Sep. 10, 2019
I have given to the winds those false accusations, as I consign that which now impeaches my motives.
From The American Union Speaker by John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick
When Johnson appeared to violate that second law by firing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, the House impeached him.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
They swept to victory last June, after the disgraced former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was impeached for a bizarre six-hour attempt to declare martial law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
“The news reports following Xavier’s death impeached his character,” Aaron says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
In 2023 he was impeached by the Republican-led state House of Representatives on charges of bribery, abuse of office and obstruction of justice.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
I called Jesse up one day to tell him the president had been impeached.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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From resisting foreign invasions during the monarchy to championing pro-democracy movements and impeaching scandal-ridden President Park Geun-hye in 2017, vigilant citizens have held politicians accountable and strengthened the nation’s political system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024
To make their case for impeaching Mr. Biden, lawmakers invited Eileen O’Connor, who formerly supervised tax cases for the Justice Department, forensic accountant Bruce Dubinsky and George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley as witnesses.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
How would impeaching a Supreme Court justice actually work?
From Slate ● May 8, 2023
For decades after, Congress reconvened only intermittently to take pressing post-election actions, like censuring Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954 and impeaching President Bill Clinton in 1998, or to resolve particular legislative debates.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
Supreme Court has long required that the prosecution disclose to the defendant anything that is exculpatory or that may be helpful to the defendant in impeaching a witness.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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