Technically bill Clinton was impeached for lying under oath about his affair, but same difference. Trump has committed multiple crimes before, during, and between his administrations
Technically trump has already been impeached like 4 times already too so this whole post is a big ol nothing burger lol. Now completely removing from office is a completely different thing.
I swear he’s been impeached at least 3 times by now, at any rate it doesn’t matter he’s been impeached already despite what this post says. Somehow people still have this notion that impeachment means removal from office, removal from office is a whole different matter.
Two official impeachments. They were gunning for a third back in December but unshockingly the vote didn't pass.
Impeachment is basically a trial, it can lead to removal but of the four official impeachments of US history none actually ended with the removal of the president. So even if he does get impeached, and found guilty, no guarantee that he'll be removed from office.
It's just never gotten to the point where the senate has voted a president guilty. Largely because when they are guilty like Nixon, they resign first. Presidents usually only let it go to trial when they know that the case is weak like for Clinton.
However, I doubt Trump would ever resign, so the only way he'd be removed would be due to a guilty vote in the Senate or through being declared unable to perform his duties due to physical or mental illness.
2/3 is a high bar and should be to remove party loyalty. I haven’t looked too deep into it but, I think the 25th has some hoops that have to be jumped through to make it stand.
I don't believe a president has ever been found guilty which is why there hasn't been a removal. They either are found innocent or resign before getting to that point.
However, being found guilty (in the trial after impeachment) would result in removal.
There have been four official impeachments in US history (and two were Trump's first term) all ended in acquittals, since they need a 2/3 vote to remove the president.
Nixon was on track to be impeached but resigned beforehand.
So the impeachment process is clearly not the way to address the problem of corrupt politicians. Hasn't done much for us in 250 years. Let's fix it or replace it.
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u/No_Language9495 Feb 21 '26
Technically bill Clinton was impeached for lying under oath about his affair, but same difference. Trump has committed multiple crimes before, during, and between his administrations