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Impeachment is a two-step process; the impeachment phase is similar to a Grand Jury hearing, where charges (called "articles of impeachment") are presented and the House of Representatives determines whether the evidence is sufficient to warrant a trial. If the House vote passes by a simple majority, the defendant is "impeached," and proceeds to trial in the Senate.

The Senate trial, while analogous to a criminal trial, only convenes for the purpose of determining whether a Justice (or other officeholder) should be removed from office on the basis of the evidence presented at impeachment. The Senate must return a 2/3 Super Majority for conviction.

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How many people have to vote to accuse an impeached official?

What is the required vote that is neccasry to convict someone who has been impeached


How many senators must vote in favor of removal after a person has been impeached?

2/3 of the house must vote to convict the official.


What is the required vote the is necessary to convict someone who has been impeached?

two-thirds of the members in the Senate


Who will try an official that has been impeached?

the president person


Who holds a trail an official who has been impeached?

The senate


What house of congress was going to convict President Nixon?

Had President Nixon been impeached, the trial would have been held in the Senate where he would have been either convicted or acquitted.


What is something that only the senate is allow to do?

Hold a trial for an official who has been impeached


Impeachment means to charge a government official in the House so that they can be what?

After a government official is impeached in the House, the official will be tried in the Senate. Two U.S. Presidents have been impeached. They are Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson.


Who has the power to try official who have been impeached?

The US Senate tries government officials who have been impeached by the House of Representatives, and may remove them from office if they find just cause.


How many you.s. presidents have been removed from office after having been impeached?

Two have been through impeachment, but neither were removed. In 1868 Andrew Johnson was put on trial for impeachment, but was saved by 2 votes. Clinton was put up for impeachment for perjury and again the votes were short. Nixon would have been for Watergate, but he resigned instead.


Which president was not impeached?

Only two of 43 president were impeached: Andrew Johnson and William Jefferson Clinton. Richard Nixon resigned while impeachment charges were being prepared against him. In both cases the sitting president was impeached but in neither case did the Senate choose to convict so although both were impeached, neither was removed from office.


When you say an official has been impeached that means the official has been accused of crimes or serious misconduct and must stand trial true or false?

True. When an official is impeached, it means that they have been formally accused of crimes or serious misconduct by a legislative body, typically the House of Representatives in the United States. This process leads to a trial, usually held in the Senate, to determine whether the official should be removed from office. Impeachment itself does not mean removal; it is the first step in the process.

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