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impeach

[im-peech] / ɪmˈpitʃ /


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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

Should the Senate decide to impeach her, she would be removed from the vice-presidency and banned from running for office for life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Last week, a House committee that looked into the evidence against the vice-president ruled that there was sufficient grounds to impeach her.

From BBC ● May 11, 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

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

If a majority of the Assembly impeaches her, she is sidelined indefinitely, even if the state Senate doesn’t convict her.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2023

This includes evidence that impeaches the prosecutor’s case.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022

“Her email also conflicts with, and impeaches, the official position of the Defendants on the issues before the Court,” they wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2021

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

There is nothing in it that impeaches my conduct.

From The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell by Theophila Carlile Campbell

Did Pete Hegseth almost get impeached this week?

From Slate ● Sep. 19, 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

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

He’s been under investigation by the FBI since 2020 over corruption allegations—the same ones Texas lawmakers tried impeaching him over—and he faces a civil lawsuit brought by former aides.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2024

Mr. McCarthy has not previously referred in public to impeaching Mr. Biden.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 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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