The Congress of the United States
Impeach
treason, bribery and other high crimes
By impeachment. A president can be impeached for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
The House of Representatives is responsible for bringing charges of treason or bribery against a president through an impeachment vote. If a majority of the House votes to impeach the president, the process moves to the Senate for a trial to determine whether the president should be removed from office.
2/3 majority in the Senate based on the charges of treason, bribery, and high crimes & misdemeanors
An U.S. President can be impeached for the following reasons: treason, bribery, and other high crimes.
"The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."Article II section 4 US Constution.
There are three reasons a President may be impeached and convicted. These are treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
He can be impeached by Congress for "treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors." And since we elect our Congressional officials, then technically yes "we" can remove the president from office.
It keeps future presidents from committing treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
According to the US Constitution (Article II, section 4), a president can be impeached for bribery, treason, or other "high crimes and misdemeanors." President Andrew Johnson (1868), President Richard Nixon (1974) and President Bill Clinton (1998-99) are the only three presidents ever considered for impeachment.
A president can be impeached for treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. The precise definition of these offenses is left up to the House of Representatives .