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Impeachment, which is the Constitutional process whereby the U.S. Congress charges and tries public officials for "high crimes and misdemeanors", and, if convicted, removes them from office. The U.S. House drafts the Articles of Impeachment, and the U.S. Senate tries them, and in the case of the President of the United States, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the proceedings.

Read Nixon v. United States, 506 U.S. 224 (1993).

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When a government official is the House of Representatives has brought an official statement of charges against them?

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Which branch of government has the power to bring charges against the president?

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