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What serves as the prosecutors in a presidential impeachment trail?
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∙ 7y ago
The House of Representatives serves as a combination prosecutor/grand jury in that it both draws up the charges and votes whether to impeach the official on such charges. The House first appoints several Representatives as what are called "Managers" to draft the charges. Then the entire House votes on whether to impeach the official on the charges. If the vote is in the affirmative, the Managers handle presenting the evidence to the Senate or Senate Impeachment Committee.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 7y agoImpeachment is a term referring to an action of the House of Representatives which requires the Senate to hold a trial and if 2/3 of the senators find him guilty, the president is removed from office. The impeachment is discussed like any other bill. The charges are debated and voted upon. Any congressman can speak in favor of the impeachment and so in a sense be a prosecutor.
The senate trial is based on the charges listed by the House in the bill of impeachment. Any senator can speak in favor or against accepting the charges.
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∙ 13y agoU.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee members
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∙ 14y agoThe House of Representatives
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What is the senates role during an impeachment trail?
court
Who acts as a judge at an impeachment trail?
the judicial branch
Where is the impeached official put on trail?
Not every impeachment is put on trial.
Was Johnson convicted or acquitted in his senate impeachment trail?
He was acquitted and allowed to finish his term of office.
Which house of congress holds the trail in impeachment?
The Senate hols the trial if the House votes to impeach.
Who runs meetings of the senate when there is an impeachment trail of the president?
Under current Senate rules, the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court presides over any impeachment trials.
What action taken by president Andrew Johnson triggered his impeachment trail?
Johnson ignored the Tenure of Office Act.
Who blazed the Oregon trail and was the first presidential candidate for the republican party?
The first Republican president was Lincoln, but he didn't travel the Oregon trail.
What role do senators have in impeachment?
The role that the senate has in the impeachment process is sole power to try-to judge, sit as a court-in impeachment cases.
What year was president Nixon's impeachment trail ended?
Richard M. Nixon was never impeached. After being assured he would be found guilty in a US Senate impeachment trial, he resigned before that happened on 9August 1974.
What was Andrew Jackson's impeachment trail?
Andrew Jackson was not impeached; Andrew Johnson was. When the Radical Republicans were in charge of Congress, they hoped that the South was punished severely, and Johnson talked tough about Reconstruction. Andrew Johnson then proceeded to do exactly opposite of what he had promised, vetoing every act that helped the new freedmen and allowing a swift and extremely lenient reunion for the Southern states. The Radical Republicans were astonished and tried to kick him from the position of President.
Who holds the trial for the impeachment of a Justice?
The Senate holds the trail for a SC Justice if impeached. The House compiles the list of charges and evidence against the Justice.
