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Whenever a federal official, including a President, commits treason, bribery, a high crime or a misdemeanor, it is the sole responsibility of the U.S. House of Representatives to formerly charge the official with wrongdoing. To charge a federal official with violating a federal law or the U.S. Constitution is called impeachment.

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How can the President get fired?

The President can be impeached. After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated his vice President (Andrew Johnson) was impeached. Also Nixon was impeached


How can the president be removed?

The president must be formally charged with a crime (impeached) by the House of Reps. and then must stand trial in the US Senate. If convicted, he/she is removed. Impeached does not mean removed. We have impeached two presidents, but have never removed one.


How can a president be removed?

The president must be formally charged with a crime (impeached) by the House of Reps. and then must stand trial in the US Senate. If convicted, he/she is removed. Impeached does not mean removed. We have impeached two presidents, but have never removed one.


What a president have to do to get impeached and removed?

To get impeached the president would have to bribe, lie, or have a misdemeanor against him.


Who are the two that were impeached?

President Andrew Johnson and President Bill Clinton were both impeached. President Richard Nixon was supposed to be impeached, but he stepped down from office before the official impeachment, so technically he wasn't impeached.


Who was the only president to be impeached fully?

Only two Presidents have been impeached in US history, but both were acquitted at their Senate trials, so there has never been a "fully impeached" President, assuming you mean one who was removed from office. Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868 for violation of the Tenure of Office Act; Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998 for obstruction of justice.


Who was the second US President to be impeached?

The second President to be impeached was William J. Clinton, in 1998.


Can the vice president be impeached with the president?

The impeachments for each person would be separate, but they can most certainly be impeached at or near the same time. But that depends on how the House of Representatives wished to proceed - they could decide that handling both impeachment procedures concurrently would be too much all at once.


If someone is impeached what is the next step taken?

If a president is impeached, then the vice president takes over and serves out the rest of the term as president.


Can the vice president be impeached after the president has?

Yes


Who was president was impeached?

Andrew Johnson was the first US president to be impeached. He was acquitted by the Senate by one vote.Andrew Johnson


Was president Washington impeached?

no

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