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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

The House of Representatives voted to impeach her for allegedly misusing public funds and making threats against Marcos, his wife and cousin, who at the time was also the speaker of the house.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 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

Congress voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to impeach Jeri, who was serving as interim president after massive protests last year ousted Boluarte, Peru's first woman leader who served for only 22 months.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 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

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

If a man impeaches our motives and attacks our character, we are not to return the evil.

From An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism With reference to the duty of American females by Beecher, Catharine Esther

“The news reports following Xavier’s death impeached his character,” Aaron says.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

The next year, he was impeached by the Texas House.

From Salon May 23, 2026

In April, a record 35 candidates ran for president of the chronically unstable Andean nation, which has burned through eight presidents in the past decade, four of whom were impeached.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

When the huge corruption scandal broke in 2016 it sparked weeks of protests by millions of people on the streets of Seoul, and eventually led to the country's president being impeached.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

There were certain points in certain years—say from 1996 to 2002—when Angela Whitiker didn’t yet know that Tupac Shakur had been killed or that President Bill Clinton had been impeached.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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

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

“We’re supposed to impeach on high crimes and misdemeanors,” said Representative Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska and a moderate who previously stated he opposed impeaching Mr. Mayorkas over a policy disagreement.

From New York Times Jul. 4, 2023

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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